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Keywords ➡️ Intent

The new playbook for discovery.

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Color Hunt

Get your palette and color combo inspiration going! Color Hunt is an open, curated collection of color palettes. It’s also a community of users that can submit their own color combinations as well as rank others. You can see what users are liking, browse color themes, or even smash that random button to shake up your color ideas. Check it out for your next color scheme inspiration or tests.

CSS Gradient

Building out a gradient for web projects just got easier. CSS Gradient is a cool, freebie, online tool that makes it simple as pie to create fresh web gradients. Just add the colors and positions you would like to the builder, slide it around until you’re happy, and copy the generated code! Don’t like that? Fine, choose from gradient swatches, read up on other gradient know-hows, or check out some inspiration all with CSS Gradient’s site.

Avocode 🥑

Design and development are two besties that can have some communication issues sometimes. Avocode is that friendship bracelet that makes handing off design files so much easier on both parties. Developers get all code values and measurements they need and Designers can save the overhead around creating complex Sketch layers. As for everyone else? They can make changes right in the designs in a way that won’t break the thing. Avocode also plays nice with Sketch, Figma, XD, PS, and AI files. Check it out!

Contrast Checker

Everyone says that colors, text, and backgrounds have to have strong contrast to make design and websites more accessible to the visually impaired. But how can you decide what has enough contrast? WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) developed a color checker just for that! Simply input the color codes for the colors you want to use and see the contrast ratio they make. They also have the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for your reference, so check out your ratios with this free tool.

Curata

C’mon, we all know it’s all about the content. But building up content is a tough gig. Curata helps you build your own content supply chain, streamline content production, and analyze the impact of content on your funnel. Curata uses data and a “self-learning engine” to put your content’s best foot forward across different channels. Check our their demo to see how they discover and create effective content for brands!

Linksplit

A/B testing is the most effective way to make the right improvements to your website or landing pages. Linksplit makes it a whole lot easier with URL rotator and link shortening tools. Just enter your destination URLs and you’re given a single, short test URL to share. You can set up rules by location or browser, it’s trackable, and it’s free for the first 10,000 clicks! Give it a shot on your next site tests.

Sizzy

This screen. That screen. This browser. That load time…That wrinkle between your eyebrows from frustration.

Preview multiple screens and devices at once with Sizzy so you no longer have to give yourself screen whiplash while you’re testing out your responsive web apps. They coin themselves “the browser for developers” because of their awesome inspection tools and debugging panel. See all the changes simultaneously, making it much quicker and easier to spot, tweak, and fix layout bugs. Check it out for yourself on your next big responsive project.

Principle

Interactive and mobile app design done in a snap. Principle is a Mac app that makes your animated and interactive user interfaces seamless. It can handle motion and movement for projects big or small, you can look at individual assets, or multi-screen app interactions. Import your designs from Figma or Sketch with the option to import any changes as you go, making it great for teams sharing designs!

WordHippo

Could you use that in a sentence, please?

If you’ve ever needed a copywriting boost using a particular word, WordHippo has your back. Inspiration for headlines, subject lines, call outs, or just overall sentence help are a click away. Enter a word, see the results, and reuse them as you see fit! Even better, you can use WordHippo to find rhymes, synonyms, and even anagrams.