Buddybar Chrome extension icon

Buddybar

👥 61 users
📦 v6.0.0
💾 69.96KiB
📅 2026-03-30
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Overview

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BuddyBar is a color palette manager that keeps your brand colors within reach while you work.

Save unlimited color palettes, copy colors to your clipboard with one click, and stay consistent across all your design projects. BuddyBar appears as a floating toolbar on supported design sites, giving you instant access to your colors without switching tabs.

KEY FEATURES

• Unlimited color palettes with easy template switching
• One-click copy to clipboard in HEX format
• Eye dropper tool to pick colors directly from any webpage
• Extract colors from images by dragging them onto the bar
• Generate color schemes (complementary, analogous, triadic, and more)
• Accessibility checker with WCAG contrast ratings and one-click fixes
• Import and export palettes as .BuddyBar files
• Drag and drop to reorder your colors
• Light and dark mode support
• Keyboard shortcut (Alt+Shift+B) to show/hide the toolbar
• Syncs automatically with the BuddyBar desktop app for Mac and Windows. Edit colors on your desktop and see them instantly in Chrome
• Lock individual colors to protect them from edits or deletion
• Lock entire templates to prevent any changes
• Shade ladders — generate a 10-stop tonal scale from any color
• Copy format presets — choose HEX, RGB, HSL, or CSS variable
• "Make This Usable" palette audit — detects near-duplicates, contrast issues, and suggests color roles

HOW IT WORKS

Install the extension and visit a supported design site
The BuddyBar toolbar appears automatically
Click any color swatch to copy it to your clipboard
Use the eye dropper to capture colors from your designs
Organize colors into templates for different projects
Visit https://buddybar.io/#supported-tools for the full list of supported sites and the BuddyBar desktop apps.

WHAT'S NEW IN v6.0

Color locking. Protect individual colors from accidental edits or deletion. Lock an entire template to freeze the whole palette.

Shade ladders. Generate a 10-stop tonal scale from any color, replacing Variations with a more useful tool.

Copy format presets. Choose between HEX, RGB, HSL, or CSS variable format when copying colors.

Make This Usable. One-click palette audit that detects near-duplicate colors, flags contrast issues, suggests color roles, and checks color harmony.

Readability auto-fix. Double-click any failing contrast pair to fix it instantly.

Dark mode polish and improved cross-platform sync reliability.

Tags

Productivity/tools productivity design productivity/tools

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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