An opinionated JavaScript Color class. This is what the JavaScript language should provide as the de facto Color object.

This module is a more simple alternative to the npm module color with some important differences:

• toString() always returns CSS-compatible color strings like "#fff" so the color objects can be used to change CSS style values or when creating strings, eg: elm.style.color = new Color('azure')
• in addition to RGB arrays, also accepts CSS strings as inputs, eg: new Color('rgba(255,0,0,0.5)') or new Color('#ff00ff')
• HSL calculations use floating point values between 0.0 and 1.0
• larger list of color names
• full test coverage using npm run test
• invalid colors throw errors
• no CMYK color space support
• all setter methods are immutable, chainable, and always return a new instance of Color
• static minified build available that provides a global Color object available in any html file
• no dependencies
• small build size (20KB or 7KB without color names)

• Color Class API

import Color from 'js-color-class';

The static build file color-class.min.js is included in the /dist directory. A smaller color-class-no-names.min.js file is also provided without color names support.

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new Color( inputValue )

The inputValue can be one of:

• a CSS string
• an array of RGB values (and optionally an alpha channel)
• an HSL object

The constructor also accepts RGBA values in the form:

new Color( red, green, blue, alpha )

Here are some diifferent ways to define red:

new Color('red');
new Color('#f00');
new Color('#ff0000');
new Color([255, 0, 0]);
new Color([255, 0, 0, 0.5]); // 50% transparent
new Color(255, 0, 0);
new Color(255, 0, 0, 0.5); // 50% transparent
new Color('rgb(255, 0, 0)');
new Color('rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)'); // 50% transparent
new Color({ h: 0, s: 1, l: 0.5 });
new Color({ h: 0, s: 1, l: 0.5, a: 0.5 }); // 50% transparent

Any of the colors in the named color list can be used as the input value.

The hash of of names and their RGB values can be accessed using:

Color.names

The Color Class has only one property .rgb containing an array of the red, green, blue color values (0 - 255) and the alpha channel value (0.0 - 1.0):

console.log( new Color('red').rgb );
// returns [255,0,0]

console.log( new Color('rgba(255,0,0,0.5)').rgb );
// returns [255,0,0,0.5]

Returns a CSS-compatible 3 or 6 character hex string:

new Color('red').toString()
// returns "#f00"

If an alpha channel is supplied, an rgba string is returned:

new Color('red').alpha(0.5).toString()
// returns "rgba(255,0,0,0.5)"

In certain cases, such as when applying styles in CSS, using console.log(), or when manipulating strings, the .toString() is implied and can be omitted;

document.body.style.backgroundColor = new Color('red').darken(0.3);

console.log( new Color('red').darken(0.3) );

var borderStyle = "1px solid "   new Color('red').darken(0.3);
myElement.style.border = borderStyle;

All setter methods are immutable and return a new instance of Color. This means calling a method like .alpha() does not modify the object, but returns a new method with that alpha channel applied. This is useful when making modifications to a base color value but not changing the original color.

var red = new Color('red');
var blue = new Color('blue');
var darkpurple = red.combine(blue.darken(0.2)).alpha(0.5);
console.log('red = ' red);
console.log('blue = '  blue);
console.log('darkpurple = ' darkpurple);

// OUTPUT:
// red = #f00
// blue = #00f
// darkpurple = rgba(128,0,102,0.5)

Sets the alpha channel (transparency):

new Color('red').alpha(0.5).toString();
// returns "rgba(255,0,0,0.5)"

Increases the lightness value (0 - 1):

new Color('red').lighten(0.5).toString();
// returns '#ff8080'

Decreases the lightness value (0 - 1):

new Color('red').darken(0.5).toString();
// returns '#800000'

Increases the saturation value (0 - 1):

var cornsilk = new Color('corn silk 3');
console.log(cornsilk.getSaturation());
// returns 0.2187500000000001
console.log(cornsilk.saturate(0.2).getSaturation());
// returns 0.26562499999999994

Decreases the saturation value (0 - 1):

new Color([125,0,0]).desaturate(0.2).toString()
// returns '#710c0c'

Adjusts the hue value (0 - 1):

new Color(255, 255, 0).shiftHue(0.25).toString();
// returns '#00ff7f'

Combines the color with another.

By default, combines at 50%:

new Color('black').combine('red').toString();
// returnss '#800000'

Add a percentage parameter (0 - 1) to define how much of the new color to combine:

new Color('black').combine('red', 0.2).toString();
// returns '#300'

Adjusts the hue toward another color (0 - 1).

This is similar to combine() but only applies to the hue, not saturation or lightness.

new Color('red').tint([0,0,255], 0.5).toString();
// returns '#f0f'
new Color('red').tint([0,0,1], 0.5).toString();
// also returns '#f0f'

Sets the hue value (0 - 1):

new Color('red').hue(0.23).toString()
// returns '#9eff00'

Sets the saturation value (0 - 1):

new Color(100,50,50).saturation(0).toString()
// returns '#4b4b4b' (greyscale)
new Color(100,50,50).saturation(1).toString();
// returns '#960000' (dark red)

Sets the lightness value (0 - 1);

new Color('#cdc8b1').lightness(0.5).toString()
// returns '#9b9164'

Inverts the color:

new Color('#fff').invert().toString()
// returns '#000'

Sets the hue, saturation, and lightess. Provide null to keep the existing value.

new Color('#fa8072').hsl(null,0.5,0.5).toString()
// returns '#bf4d40' // hue is the same

Sets the red value (0 - 255):

new Color('black').red(255).toString()
// returns '#f00'

Sets the green value (0 - 255):

new Color('black').green(255).toString()
// returns '#0f0'

Sets the blue value (0 - 255):

new Color('black').green(255).toString()
// returns '#00f'

Returns the alpha channel value (0 - 1).

Returns the hexidecimal css value (ignores alpha channel value).

Returns the red value (0 - 255).

Returns the green value (0 - 255).

Returns the blue value (0 - 255).

Returns the hue, saturation, and lightness values as an array.

Returns the hue value (0 - 1);

Returns the saturation value (0 - 1);

Returns the lightness value (0 - 1);