modern-color

modern-color - Color Parsing/Conversion/Manipulation

An ES2020 color lib (class) that simplifies color parsing and conversion as well as most common color functions. To visually see the channels (rgb / hsl / hsv / alpha) of a color, see this demo.

This library modernizes older color libs that exist with nicer syntax - making it easier to work with colors!

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Installation

npm i --save modern-color

Initialize

import {Color} from "modern-color";

Parsing examples (constructors)

Constructor	Example	Comments
named color	Color.parse('salmon', [alpha])	Any known HTML color name. This package exports a namedColors object you can also utilize.
hex	Color.parse('#FA8072', [alpha])	Will parse #RGB, #RRGGBB, and even #RRGGBBAA hexadecimal color formats.
rgb (string)	Color.parse('rgba(250, 128, 114, 0.65)') or Color.parse('rgba(250 128 114 / 0.65)')	Standard CSS RGB format (either rgb or rgba)
rgb (arguments)	Color.parse(250, 128, 114, 0.65)	Pass 3 or 4 (for alpha) numeric params as r, g, b, a
rgb (object)	Color.parse({r:250, g:128, b:114, a:0.65})	Pass a single object param containing r, g, b, and optionally a (alpha) values
hsl (object)	Color.parse({h:6, s:93, l:71, a:0.65})	Pass a single object param containing h, s, l (hue, saturation, luminosity) and optionally a (alpha) property values.
hsv (object)	Color.parse({h:6, s:54, v:98, a:0.65})	Pass a single object param containing h, s, v (hue, saturation, value) and optionally a (alpha) property values.
cmyk (object)	Color.parse({c:0, m:49, y:54, k:2, a:0.65})	Pass a single object param containing c, m, y, k (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) and optionally a (alpha) property values.
rgb (array)	Color.parse([250, 128, 114, 0.65])	Pass rgb values as a 3 or 4 (if using alpha) member array [r, g, b [, a]].

The above examples return color class instances with identical r, g, and b values - they only differ in how they were constructed.

You can use new Color(constructor) or Color.parse(constructor). The alpha channel is optional in all formats (defaults to 1). This document assumes you are familiar with color min / max values per channel. Read more about colors. Invalid input returns null.

CYMK is supported in this module, but is not supported by any browsers currently. Thanks to renevanderlende for implementing this contribution.

Note - Normalized colors

No matter how the color is constructed, it is normalized to always contain r, g, and b values. For example:

// our fishy example ('salmon') constructed with h,s,l
const c = Color.parse({{h:6, s:93, l:71});

//constructor channels not there! Use getter!
console.log(c.h, c.hsl.h);//outputs: undefined, 6

// only r, g, and b
const {r, g, b} = c;
console.log({r, g, b});//{r:250, g:128, b:114}

c.b = 255;// directly mutate the color - makes pink salmon!
console.log(c.hsl, c.rgb); // {r:250, g:128, b:255}, {h:298, s:100, l:75}

Formats (property getters)

The example values are based on the same base color instance as above: Color.parse('rgba(250, 128, 114, 0.65)') or for no alpha Color.parse('rgb(250, 128, 114)')

Getter	Value Type	Example
rgb	Array	[250, 128, 114, 0.65]
rgba	Array	[250, 128, 114, 0.65]
rgbObj	Object	{r:250, g:128, b:114, a:0.65}
hsl	Object	{h:6, s:93, l:71}
hsla	Object	{h:6, s:93, l:71, a:0.65}
hsv	Object	{h:6, s:54, v:98}
hsva	Object	{h:6, s:54, v:98, a:0.65}
cmyk	Object	{c:0, m:49, y:54, k:2}
cmyka	Object	{c:0, m:49, y:54, k:2, a:0.65}
css	String	rgba(250, 128, 114, 0.65) or rgb(250, 128, 114)
rgbString	String	rgba(250, 128, 114, 0.65) or rgb(250, 128, 114)
rgbaString	String	rgba(250, 128, 114, 0.65) or rgba(250, 128, 114, 1)
hex	String	#FA8072
hexa/rgbaHex	String	#FA8072A6
alpha	String	0.65 or defaults to 1 if no alpha channel

toString(format)

Accepts a format string ('rgb', 'hex', 'rgbaHex', 'hsl', 'hsla', 'cmyk', 'cmyka') which will return the equivalent of calling the corresponding getter. Defaults to rgb.

console.log(color.toString(format));

Color functions

These functions return new color instances and do not modify the original color. The ratio param must be a float (min:0, max:1).

The examples show hsl objects in places for clarity, but the color instance actually returned will not have these channel values unless you call color.hsl or color.hsv.

hue (aka rotate)

//accepts an int up to 359
//changes hue of a color
const deg = 270;
color.hue(deg);//color.rotate is an alias for hue

mix (aka blend)

Mix 2 colors together

//color2 can be a single color constructor (array, hex, rgbString, etc)
//examples using grayscale for simplicity
color = Color.parse([100,100,100]);
color2 = Color.parse([200,200,200]);
color.mix(color2, 0.25).rgb;//-->[125, 125, 125]
color2.mix(color, 0.25).rgb;//-->[175, 175, 175]

saturate/desaturate/grayscale

increase or decrease saturation by the specified ratio

color.saturate(0.3);//{h:10, s:50, l:50} -> {h:10, s:65, l:50}
color.desaturate(0.3);//{h:10, s:50, l:50} -> {h:10, s:35, l:50}

//grayscale() is shorthand for desaturate(1);
color.grayscale();//{h:10, s:50, l:50}->{h:10, s:0, l:50}

darken/lighten

Increase lightness or darkness by specified ratio

color.lighten(0.3);//{h:10, s:50, l:50} -> {h:10, s:50, l:65}
color.darken(0.3);//{h:10, s:50, l:50} -> {h:10, s:50, l:35}

fadeIn/fadeOut

Increase opacity or transparency by a given ratio.

//increase opacity (decrease transparency) by ratio
color.fadeIn(0.5);//{r:0, g:0, b:0, a:0.5}->{r:0, g:0, b:0, a:0.75}

//decrease opacity (increase transparency) by ratio
color.fadeOut(0.5);//{r:0, g:0, b:0, a:0.5}->{r:0, g:0, b:0, a:0.25}

negate

Subtract r, g, and b channel values from max (255)

color.negate(); //{r:0, g:128, b:200}->{r:255, g:127, b:55}

Obviously many well-known public algorithms and functions are involved here. Hope you enjoy!