Eye Dropper
A copy-paste color pickers component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Color PickersHTMLJavaScriptCSSany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<button class="nuda-eyedrop" aria-label="Pick color from screen">
<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor"
stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
<path d="M2 22l1-1 8.5-8.5" />
<path d="M11.5 12.5l4-4" />
<path d="M14 6l4 4" />
<path d="M17.5 3.5a2.12 2.12 0 113 3L20 7.5l-3-3z" />
</svg>
<span class="nuda-eyedrop__drop"></span>
</button>JavaScript
// Modern browsers expose the EyeDropper API on secure origins
const btn = document.querySelector('.nuda-eyedrop');
btn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
if (!window.EyeDropper) return alert('EyeDropper API not supported here.');
try {
const dropper = new EyeDropper();
const { sRGBHex } = await dropper.open();
console.log('Picked', sRGBHex);
} catch {
// User cancelled
}
});CSS
.nuda-eyedrop {
position: relative;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 42px;
height: 42px;
border-radius: 10px;
background: rgba(255,255,255,.04);
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.08);
color: #fafafa;
cursor: pointer;
overflow: visible;
transition: background .25s,transform .2s,border-color .25s;
}
.nuda-eyedrop:hover {
background: rgba(228,255,84,.08);
border-color: #e4ff54;
color: #e4ff54;
transform: translateY(-2px) rotate(-6deg);
}
.nuda-eyedrop svg {
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
.nuda-eyedrop__drop {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
bottom: 0;
transform: translateX(-50%);
width: 5px;
height: 5px;
border-radius: 0 100% 100% 100%;
background: #e4ff54;
opacity: 0;
animation: _eyedDrop 1.8s ease-in-out infinite;
}
@keyframes _eyedDrop {
0% {
opacity: 1;
transform: translate(-50%,-12px) rotate(-45deg) scale(.4);
}
60% {
transform: translate(-50%,8px) rotate(-45deg) scale(1);
}
100% {
opacity: 0;
transform: translate(-50%,16px) rotate(-45deg) scale(.6);
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
.nuda-eyedrop__drop {
animation: none;
opacity: 0;
}
}
How to use Eye Dropper
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.