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    Color

    JavaScript color conversion and manipulation library
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    color

    JavaScript library for immutable color conversion and manipulation with support for CSS color strings.

    const color = Color('#7743CE').alpha(0.5).lighten(0.5);
    console.log(color.hsl().string());  // 'hsla(262, 59%, 81%, 0.5)'
    
    console.log(color.cmyk().round().array());  // [ 16, 25, 0, 8, 0.5 ]
    
    console.log(color.ansi256().object());  // { ansi256: 183, alpha: 0.5 }
    

    Install

    $ npm install color
    

    Usage

    const Color = require('color');
    

    Constructors

    const color = Color('rgb(255, 255, 255)')
    const color = Color({r: 255, g: 255, b: 255})
    const color = Color.rgb(255, 255, 255)
    const color = Color.rgb([255, 255, 255])
    

    Set the values for individual channels with alpha, red, green, blue, hue, saturationl (hsl), saturationv (hsv), lightness, whiteness, blackness, cyan, magenta, yellow, black

    String constructors are handled by color-string

    Getters

    color.hsl();
    

    Convert a color to a different space (hsl(), cmyk(), etc.).

    color.object(); // {r: 255, g: 255, b: 255}
    

    Get a hash of the color value. Reflects the color's current model (see above).

    color.rgb().array()  // [255, 255, 255]
    

    Get an array of the values with array(). Reflects the color's current model (see above).

    color.rgbNumber() // 16777215 (0xffffff)
    

    Get the rgb number value.

    color.hex() // #ffffff
    

    Get the hex value. (NOTE: .hex() does not return alpha values; use .hexa() for an RGBA representation)

    color.red()       // 255
    

    Get the value for an individual channel.

    CSS Strings

    color.hsl().string()  // 'hsl(320, 50%, 100%)'
    

    Calling .string() with a number rounds the numbers to that decimal place. It defaults to 1.

    Luminosity

    color.luminosity();  // 0.412
    

    The WCAG luminosity of the color. 0 is black, 1 is white.

    color.contrast(Color("blue"))  // 12
    

    The WCAG contrast ratio to another color, from 1 (same color) to 21 (contrast b/w white and black).

    color.isLight();  // true
    color.isDark();   // false
    

    Get whether the color is "light" or "dark", useful for deciding text color.

    Manipulation

    color.negate()         // rgb(0, 100, 255) -> rgb(255, 155, 0)
    
    color.lighten(0.5)     // hsl(100, 50%, 50%) -> hsl(100, 50%, 75%)
    color.lighten(0.5)     // hsl(100, 50%, 0)   -> hsl(100, 50%, 0)
    color.darken(0.5)      // hsl(100, 50%, 50%) -> hsl(100, 50%, 25%)
    color.darken(0.5)      // hsl(100, 50%, 0)   -> hsl(100, 50%, 0)
    
    color.lightness(50)    // hsl(100, 50%, 10%) -> hsl(100, 50%, 50%)
    
    color.saturate(0.5)    // hsl(100, 50%, 50%) -> hsl(100, 75%, 50%)
    color.desaturate(0.5)  // hsl(100, 50%, 50%) -> hsl(100, 25%, 50%)
    color.grayscale()      // #5CBF54 -> #969696
    
    color.whiten(0.5)      // hwb(100, 50%, 50%) -> hwb(100, 75%, 50%)
    color.blacken(0.5)     // hwb(100, 50%, 50%) -> hwb(100, 50%, 75%)
    
    color.fade(0.5)     // rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.8) -> rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.4)
    color.opaquer(0.5)     // rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.8) -> rgba(10, 10, 10, 1.0)
    
    color.rotate(180)      // hsl(60, 20%, 20%) -> hsl(240, 20%, 20%)
    color.rotate(-90)      // hsl(60, 20%, 20%) -> hsl(330, 20%, 20%)
    
    color.mix(Color("yellow"))        // cyan -> rgb(128, 255, 128)
    color.mix(Color("yellow"), 0.3)   // cyan -> rgb(77, 255, 179)
    
    // chaining
    color.green(100).grayscale().lighten(0.6)
    

    Propers

    The API was inspired by color-js. Manipulation functions by CSS tools like Sass, LESS, and Stylus.

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