The right color picker depends on what you paste.
SupaPick is a menu bar picker that copies code. It isn't the only good option. Pika is free and open source, Digital Color Meter is already on your Mac, and ColorSlurp and Sip do more with palettes and syncing. Here is how the five compare, including where the others are the better choice.
| SupaPick | Pika | Digital Color Meter | ColorSlurp | Sip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free from GitHub or Homebrew; $2.99 on the Mac App Store | Included with macOS | Free; ColorSlurp Pro is $19.99 a year in the US App Store | $29.99 per seat, with one year of updates |
| Pricing model | One-time purchase. One license for three Macs, every 1.x update included | Free and open source (MIT) | Part of macOS | Free app with a Pro subscription | Paid license; renew updates at 70% of the price, or keep your version. Also in Setapp |
| Free use | 7-day trial; after it, the loupe, HEX copy and HEX history stay free | Everything, for free | Included | Free download; which features need Pro is not fully documented | 15-day trial, no credit card |
| Platforms | Mac (macOS 14 or later), Apple silicon and Intel | Mac (macOS 14 or later); the App Store build needs an M1 or later | Mac | Mac (macOS 14.6 or later), iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro | Mac (macOS 14 Sonoma or later) |
| Code formats | HEX, rgb(), hsl(), oklch(), SwiftUI (sRGB and Display P3), NSColor, UIColor, CSS variable, Tailwind v4 class | Hex, RGB, HSB, HSL, LAB, OpenGL, OKLCH, Display P3 and SwiftUI. Tailwind: not documented | None. Values as decimal, hex, percentage or float | HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH, LAB, Display P3, SwiftUI Color and custom formats. Tailwind: not documented | CSS, Swift, NSColor, UIColor, CGColor, Android, Java, .Net, OpenGL and custom formats. OKLCH, SwiftUI and Tailwind: not documented |
| Contrast check | WCAG 2 ratio, APCA Lc and AA/AAA badges | WCAG and APCA, side by side | No | WCAG and APCA, with a fix contrast button | WCAG AA and AAA, with a Fix button. APCA: not documented |
| Saved colors | Last 20 picks, plus palettes exported as Swift, CSS variables or Tailwind v4 @theme | Full history with undo, plus named palettes. Palette export to code: not documented | No history or palettes | Palettes grouped into projects, palettes from images, export to CSS, Swift, ASE, Sketch, Procreate and more | Palettes and sub-palettes, a color dock |
| Where your colors live | One file on your Mac. No account | Not documented. The App Store listing says no data is collected | Nothing is saved | Synced through iCloud | Not documented |
Checked 2026-11-11 against each tool's own website, App Store page or documentation. “Not documented” means we found no statement either way. Spot something out of date? Email support@supatools.app.
Side by side
SupaPick vs Pika
A free, open-source color picker for Mac with a pixel loupe, foreground and background pairs, and WCAG and APCA contrast.
Pick SupaPick for Tailwind classes, NSColor and UIColor, palettes exported straight into Swift, CSS or a Tailwind theme.
Pick Pika for a free, open-source picker that edits values, picks foreground and background as a pair and names colors.
SupaPick vs Digital Color Meter
Apple's own color meter in Applications → Utilities, which shows the values of the pixels under your pointer.
Pick SupaPick for a shortcut from any app, values copied as code, a history of your last 20 colors and a contrast check.
Pick Digital Color Meter for paying nothing, installing nothing, and reading values in Adobe RGB, BT.2020 or L*a*b*.
SupaPick vs ColorSlurp
A color picker and palette manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro, with palettes synced through iCloud.
Pick SupaPick for a one-time price, a Tailwind class on every pick, and colors that stay on one Mac.
Pick ColorSlurp for palettes on your iPhone and iPad too, palettes from images and exports for design tools.
SupaPick vs Sip
A Mac color picker with a color dock, palettes, smart formats that follow the app you are in, and a contrast checker.
Pick SupaPick for a $4.99 one-time price, OKLCH, SwiftUI and Tailwind formats, and APCA next to WCAG.
Pick Sip for a full color workspace with a dock, smart formats per app, color blindness simulation and many platform formats.