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Generate a 5-role brand palette with AI

Produce a complete Primary-to-Background palette from a base color — or from a written brief.

Primary
#3A0CA3
Secondary
#4361EE
Complement
#F72585
Accent
#4CC9F0
Background
#F8F7FF
  1. Open the generator.Choose “Generate with AI…” or press ⌘⇧G, pick a base color, then open Generate Scheme.
  2. Generate the palette.Pocket CVI builds a 5-role brand palette on the spot: Primary, Secondary, Complementary, Accent, and Background. Hit Regenerate for alternatives.
  3. Or describe the brand.With your own AI connected — a Claude or ChatGPT key, or a local model — type a brief like “warm, Scandinavian, for a bakery” and let it design a named palette around your base color.
  4. Review the roles.Look at how the five roles work together as a system, not just five loose swatches.
  5. Save what you like.Keep the colors you want by adding them to a collection's Colors section — each arrives with its role as its name.
  6. Refine from there.Copy any role in HEX, RGB, or HSL, or run a contrast check to confirm the pairs are readable.
Pro tip

Treat the Background and Primary roles as a pair and contrast-check them first — that's the combination that decides whether your UI text stays legible.

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