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The Color API

Pass in any valid color and get conversion into any other format, the name of the color, placeholder images and a multitude of schemes.

The Color API publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Colors API and Schemes API. Tagged areas include Colors, Design, and Utilities.

The The Color API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

The Color API’s developer surface includes documentation and 5 more developer resources.

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39.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
ColorsDesignUtilities

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Composite quality — 39.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 16.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

The Color API Colors API

Retrieve color information and format conversions for any color input.

The Color API Schemes API

Generate harmonious color palettes from a seed color using color theory.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

The Color API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

The Color Api Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

The Color Api Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

The Color Api Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

The Color Api Context

0 classes · 26 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

The Color API API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

The Color API API Rules

10 rules · 4 errors 6 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Color API Color Object

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

The Color Api Scheme Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

The Color Api Getcolorinfo Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

The Color Api Getcolorscheme Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

The Color Api Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

The Color Api Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: the-color-api
name: The Color API
description: Pass in any valid color and get conversion into any other format, the name of the color, placeholder images and
  a multitude of schemes.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/the-color-api.png
tags:
- Colors
- Design
- Utilities
created: '2025-02-12'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-color-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: the-color-api:the-color-api-colors-api
  name: The Color API Colors API
  description: Retrieve color information and format conversions for any color input.
  humanURL: https://www.thecolorapi.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thecolorapi.com
  tags:
  - Colors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-color-api-colors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thecolorapi.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thecolorapi.com/
- aid: the-color-api:the-color-api-schemes-api
  name: The Color API Schemes API
  description: Generate harmonious color palettes from a seed color using color theory.
  humanURL: https://www.thecolorapi.com/
  baseURL: https://www.thecolorapi.com
  tags:
  - Schemes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-color-api-schemes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thecolorapi.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thecolorapi.com/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/the-color-api-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-color-api-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thecolorapi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thecolorapi.com/docs
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/joshbeckman
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-color-api/refs/heads/main/openapi/the-color-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com