# Tab Colors

> Selects a random color for each tab and displays the color while the tab is active. You can customize the colors to your liking and also set specific colors for websites.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tabcolors](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tabcolors)

## Overview

- **ID:** `tabcolors`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Max
- **Category:** appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 175
- **Weekly downloads:** 10
- **Rating:** 3.09 / 5 (43 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6
- **Last updated:** 2019-04-13
- **First published:** 2017-11-17
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tabcolors/)

## Description

Tab Colors is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by assigning a random color to each open tab. This visual aid helps you easily distinguish between tabs when browsing multiple websites. When a tab is active, its assigned color is prominently displayed, making navigation more intuitive.

Users have full control over their tab colors with customization options to pick preferred color palettes. Additionally, you can assign specific colors to particular websites, enabling consistent color coding for your favorite sites. This extension improves productivity by simplifying tab management and adding a splash of personalization to your browser interface.

## Rankings

- #8,813 — Overall
- #28 — color
- #61 — change color
- #168 — tab
- #188 — tabellenkalkulation
- #238 — database

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `theme`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `downloads`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tabcolors)