A typescript/javascript library for color translation, transformation and comparison. Supports ESM and CommonJS.

Supported Color Spaces

HEX, CSS, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, XYZ, CIELab

Supported Color Distances

CIE76, CIE94, CIE2000

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Install

npm i colorpare

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Color Object (from... methods)

To create a Color object and use that to compare, transform and translate the color, you can use the from... methods. All the supported color spaces and formats have their corresponding ones.

import { fromString, fromHex, fromCss, fromRgb, fromHsl, fromHsv, fromCmyk, fromXyz, fromCIELab } from "colorpare";

// from hex string (DEPRECATED)
const color = fromHex("FA56E1");

// from CSS (DEPRECATED)
const color = fromCss("yellow");
const color = fromCss("rgb(123, 41, 219)");

// from string representation
// use this instead for HEX and CSS as well
const color = fromString("xyz(8, 71.2, 41.3)");

// from RGB values (r, g, b = 0 - 255)
const color = fromRgb({r: 10, g: 36, b: 192});

// from HSL values (h = 0 - 360; s, l = 0 - 100)
const color = fromHsl({h: 240, s: 11, l: 37});

// from HSV values (h = 0 - 360; s, v = 0 - 100)
const color = fromHsv({h: 240, s: 11, v: 37});

// from CMYK values (c, m, y, k = 0 - 100)
const color = fromCmyk(c: 3, m: 89, y: 29, k: 4);

// from XYZ values (x = 0 - 95.05; y = 0 - 100; z = 0 - 108.88)
const color = fromXyz(x: 45.3, y: 23.4, z: 78.9);

// from CIELab values (l = 0 - 100; a, b = -128 - 128)
const color = fromLab(l: 74, a = -41.02, b: 81.160);

Conversion

Getting specific color space values from the color object:

const color = fromHex("FA56E1");

color.hex() // FA56E1

color.css() // generic colors names (yellow, black, brown, ...) or rgb string like rgb(32, 88, 51)

color.rgb(); // { r: 250, g: 86, b: 225 }

color.hsl(); // { h: 309, s: 94, l: 66 }

color.hsv(); // { h: 309, s: 66, v: 98 }

color.cmyk(); // { c: 0, m: 66, y: 10, k: 2 }

color.xyz(); // { x: 56.34, y: 32.42, z: 74.52 }

color.lab(); // { l: 63.69, a: 76.53, b: -38.86 }

Transformation

You can transform a color based on any of the color spaces (except for string based like Hex and CSS, just create a new color with those).

// RGB
color.red(121);
color.green(20);
color.blue(76);

// HSL
color.hueHsl(341);
color.saturationHsl(60);
color.lightness(20);

// HSV
color.hueHsv(341);
color.saturationHsv(60);
color.value(29);

// CMYK
color.cyan(21);
color.magenta(76);
color.yellow(10);
color.black(29);

// XYZ
color.X(91);
color.Y(58);
color.Z(37);

// CIELab
color.L(28);
color.A(-60);
color.B(111);

// You can also chain them together
color.green(244).saturationHsl(20).yellow(10);

Distance Calculation

Compare two color objects to measure the distance between the two.

import { fromHex } from "colorpare";

const color1 = fromHex("FFFFFF");
const color2 = fromHex("000000");

color1.distanceFrom(color2); // {cie76: 100, cie94: 100, cie2000: 100}

Color Theory

Retrieve complementer colors.

import { fromHex } from "colorpare";

const color = fromHex("45EF21");

color.complemetary().hex(); // CB21EF

const [t1, t2] = color.triadic();
console.log(t1.hex(), t2.hex()); // 2145EF EF2145

const [t1, t2, t3] = color.tetradic();
console.log(t1.hex(), t2.hex(), t3.hex()); // 21ACEF CB21EF EF6421

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Converters (...to... functions)

If you don't need the Color object and you're only here for the converter functions, you can access them directly. All color spaces have their corresponding ...to... functions to convert them to all the other spaces.

import { rgbToHsl } from "colorpare";

const hsl = rgbToHsl({r: 34, g: 181, b: 74});

console.log(hsl); // { h: 136.33, s: 68.37, l: 42.16 }

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Distance calculators

Distance calculator functions are accessible separately as well, but they only takes CIELab color values. To use them with other spaces, one needs to use ...to... converter functions.

import { rgbToCIELab, hsvToCIELab, cie76, cie94, cie2000 } from "colorpare";

const rgb = {r: 123, g: 234, b: 192};
const hsv = {h: 181, s: 52, v: 61};

console.log(cie76(rgbToCIELab(rgb), hsvToCIELab(hsv))); // 37.27
console.log(cie94(rgbToCIELab(rgb), hsvToCIELab(hsv))); // 29.57
console.log(cie2000(rgbToCIELab(rgb), hsvToCIELab(hsv))); // 24.44

Color Theory functions

The standalone theory functions use HSL color space.

const {fromHex, complementary, triadic, tetradic } = require("colorpare");

const color = fromHex("45EF21");
const hsl = color.hsl();

console.log(complementary(hsl)); // { h: 289.51, s: 86.55, l: 53.33 }
console.log(triadic(hsl)); // [ { h: 229.51, s: 86.55, l: 53.33 }, { h: 349.51, s: 86.55, l: 53.33 } ]
console.log(tetradic(hsl)); // [ { h: 199.51, s: 86.55, l: 53.33 }, { h: 289.51, s: 86.55, l: 53.33 }, { h: 19.51, s: 86.55, l: 53.33 } ]

Options

There are a number of options you may pass to the from..., or to certain ...to... functions.

Option	Default	Description
cssRgbOnly	false	Sets the converter to avoid using CSS color values (yellow, black, ...) and only use rgb string like rgb(12, 24, 36).
roundTo	2	Sets certain color values to be rounded to a given digit (hsl, hsv, xyz, cielab).
xyzRef	{ x: 95.047, y: 100.00, z: 108.883 }	Set an XYZ reference white value for XYZ and CIELab conversions.

const color = fromHex("DC143C", {cssRgbOnly: true, roundTo: 3})

console.log(color.css()) // rgb(220, 20, 60) instead of the string: crimson
console.log(color.hsv()) // { h: 348, s: 90.909, v: 86.275 }

console.log(rgbToCIELab({r: 132, g: 47, b: 211}, {roundTo: 4})) // { l: 40.6409, a: 64.1968, b: -68.7356 }