How do I install PickShade Color Tools?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does PickShade Color Tools need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does PickShade Color Tools use?

PickShade Color Tools is reached over HTTP.

When was PickShade Color Tools last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-08. 18 color tools: OKLCH, WCAG and APCA contrast fixes, palettes, gradients, color blindness, tokens.

PickShade Color Tools MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add in Claude Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server URL

https://pickshade.com/api/mcp

The Claude button above opens Claude with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add --transport http com.pickshade-pickshade https://pickshade.com/api/mcp

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "com.pickshade-pickshade": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "mcp-remote",8        "https://pickshade.com/api/mcp"9      ]10    }11  }12}

claude_desktop_config.json

Remote · HTTPPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Remote

Transport: http
Version: 0.2.0
Last checked

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

PickShade MCP server

Color tools for AI assistants: convert any color, find colors by name, check and fix WCAG 2 and APCA contrast, audit palettes for accessibility and color blindness, build gradients, scales and full design systems, export tokens for CSS, Tailwind v4, SCSS and DTCG.

All math follows CSS Color 4 (OKLCH, OKLab, Display P3, Rec. 2020) and runs locally and deterministically. No API key, no account, no telemetry.

Website and docs: pickshade.com/mcp

Use the hosted server

No install. Streamable HTTP endpoint:

https://pickshade.com/api/mcp

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http pickshade https://pickshade.com/api/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other clients that read mcpServers:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pickshade": { "url": "https://pickshade.com/api/mcp" }
    }
}

Run locally over stdio

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pickshade": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@pickshade/mcp"] }
    }
}

Requires Node.js 20 or newer.

Tools

Every tool accepts colors as HEX, rgb(), hsl(), oklch(), CSS names like navy, common names like royal blue or бордовый, and Tailwind classes like sky-500.

Tool	What it does
`parse_color`	Every format, the closest name and Tailwind class, gamut and the better text color for any color
`convert_color`	HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, HWB, CMYK, Lab, LCH, OKLab, OKLCH, Display P3, Rec. 2020, XYZ, SwiftUI, Flutter
`find_colors`	Turns words like "sage" or "dusty rose" into real HEX values
`check_contrast`	WCAG 2 ratio with AA and AAA levels, and APCA Lc with the usage it allows
`fix_contrast`	The closest color that reaches a contrast target, changing only OKLCH lightness so the hue stays
`audit_palette`	Checks every text and background pair, color blindness conflicts and out-of-gamut colors in a palette
`check_gamut`	Whether a color fits sRGB, Display P3 and Rec. 2020
`nearest_names`	Closest named colors, CSS keywords and Tailwind classes by perceptual distance
`compare_colors`	CIEDE2000 and deltaE OK difference with a plain verdict, lightness, chroma and hue shift
`generate_scale`	An 11-step 50–950 scale in OKLCH with even perceived lightness, the shape of Tailwind palettes
`tints_shades`	Tints, shades and tones of a color
`harmonies`	Complementary, split-complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, square and monochromatic in OKLCH
`mix_colors`	Mixes two colors in a chosen space, like CSS `color-mix()`
`make_gradient`	CSS gradients interpolated in OKLab or OKLCH, without the gray middle
`generate_palette`	Harmonious palettes in OKLCH, repeatable with a seed
`simulate_cvd`	Protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia and achromatopsia, with pairs that become hard to tell apart
`export_tokens`	CSS variables, Tailwind v4 `@theme`, SCSS, JSON, DTCG tokens, JS arrays or an SVG swatch strip

Prompts

accessible_theme: light and dark themes from a brand color with every text pair checked
audit_colors: readable pairs, color blindness conflicts and gamut for a list of colors
describe_color: a color explained in plain words with its values, name, contrast and matches

REST API

The same tools over HTTP, JSON in and out: pickshade.com/api, OpenAPI 3.1 at https://pickshade.com/api/v1/openapi.json.

What is inside

Package	Purpose
`packages/color`	Color math: parsing every CSS color syntax, conversions between sRGB, Display P3, Rec. 2020, Lab, LCH, OKLab and OKLCH, gamut mapping, WCAG 2 and APCA contrast, CIEDE2000 and deltaE OK, scales, harmonies and color vision simulation
`packages/data`	Color names (CSS keywords, common names in 30 languages, an extended list), the Tailwind CSS palette
`packages/exports`	Code generators: CSS variables, Tailwind v4 `@theme`, SCSS, JSON, DTCG tokens, SVG
`packages/tools`	The 18 tools with their input schemas, shared by the MCP server and the REST API
`packages/mcp`	The MCP server (`@pickshade/mcp`)

Develop

pnpm install
pnpm check
pnpm build

The bundled server is written to packages/mcp/dist.

License

MIT. Color names include data from meodai/color-names (MIT); Tailwind palette values are from Tailwind CSS (MIT).

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install PickShade Color Tools?

Does PickShade Color Tools need an API key?

What transport does PickShade Color Tools use?

When was PickShade Color Tools last checked?

Documentation

PickShade MCP server

Use the hosted server

Run locally over stdio

Tools

Prompts

REST API

What is inside

Develop

License