Your brand-guideline color board, in 2 clicks
Swatchboard turns your Illustrator palettes (.ase) into a brand-guideline color board in InDesign — HEX, RGB, CMYK, PANTONE. 20 to 30 minutes of tedious copy-pasting become 2 clicks, with zero typing errors.
What it changes
No more copy-pasting color values. Swatchboard does the repetitive work, you keep the design.
One click in InDesign generates your full board: every color with its name and all its formats, computed automatically from your .ase files. Zero typing errors: every value comes straight from your files, nothing is retyped by hand.
White or black picked automatically based on each color's luminosity. Readable on a midnight blue as much as on a pale yellow.
HEX, RGB, CMYK and PANTONE on the same board. Companion CMYK and PANTONE files are detected automatically.
A CEP panel that installs into the panel bar of InDesign and Illustrator. No exports, no back-and-forth — and the whole generation undoes with a single Cmd+Z.
A professional render, not a raw table
The generated board is designed like a brand-guideline page: full color bands, computed spacing and alignment.
- Adaptive design: the band fits the content
- Name and HEX directly on the color
- RGB, CMYK and PANTONE values aligned
- Print-ready, ready for your brand guidelines
Flexible, built for your workflow
Three steps, and options to match your habits.
Export your palettes
From Illustrator, export your colors as .ase — like you already do. The RGB file is enough; CMYK and PANTONE are optional.
Load them in the panel
Pick the RGB palette: companion CMYK and PANTONE files from the same folder are detected and pre-filled automatically.
Generate
Choose the color space of the created swatches (RGB or CMYK), your text styles, and click. The board appears on the active page.
Simple pricing
No subscription. Try it for free, buy it if it saves you time.
€0
- 10 board generations
- Up to 4 colors per board
- Every panel feature
- InDesign and Illustrator
€5 one-time payment
- Unlimited generations
- Unlimited colors per board
- Usable on 2 machines
- Updates included
Frequently asked questions
Ready to save hours on your brand guidelines?
Every palette is 20 to 30 minutes of copy-pasting you skip — with zero typing errors. Test it on your own palettes, the free version is enough to make up your mind.