Best Chrome Extensions for UX Designers in 2026

UX designers spend a lot of time studying live websites: how competitors solve a problem, whether a build matches the design, and whether it works for everyone. These tools make that faster. Several are already built into Chrome.

Inspect type and color

• Font Detector shows the font family, size, weight, line height and color of any text you click, the quickest way to read a site's type scale.
• Color Palette Extractor lists the colors on a page, ranked by how often they're used, with HEX and RGB codes you can copy.
• DevTools' color picker (right-click → Inspect, then click a color swatch in Styles) shows the contrast ratio of text against its background, with the accessibility thresholds marked.

Check accessibility

• Lighthouse in DevTools runs an accessibility audit alongside speed checks.
• axe DevTools by Deque and WAVE by WebAIM find missing labels, contrast problems and structure issues, and explain how to fix them.
• DevTools' Rendering panel can simulate color vision deficiencies and reduced motion.

See accessibility testing extensions for more.

Layout and responsive checks

• Device mode (Ctrl + Shift + M in DevTools) previews any screen size.
• The grid and flexbox overlays show how a layout is built. See how to read a site's grid.
• For a full-page screenshot, open DevTools, press Ctrl + Shift + P and run Capture full size screenshot.

Research and history

• Wayback Quick Access opens older versions of a page, useful for seeing how a competitor's signup flow or pricing page evolved.
• Tools that import a live page into a design file, such as html.to.design for Figma, save time when you need an editable copy for a redesign.

Feedback and collaboration

• Loom records quick screen videos to walk developers or clients through an issue.
• Sticky Notes Anywhere keeps your own notes on staging pages, saved in your browser.
• Many teams use a visual feedback tool that lets reviewers comment directly on a page. Pick one your developers already use.

Keep your profile clean

Design tools often need access to every site you visit. Keep them in a separate Chrome profile for design work, so they're not running while you use banking or admin sites. See how to use Chrome profiles.