open-color

Open color

Open color is an open-source color scheme optimized for UI like font, background, border, etc.

Goals

• All colors shall have adequate use
• Provide general color for UI design
• All colors will be beautiful in itself and harmonious
• At the same brightness level, the perceived brightness will be constant

Note

• All the color is tested on deuteranopia and protanopia mode. The process will soon be published in the article.
• The colors are subject to change in the future. Thus, using an Open color as a main identity color is not recommended.

Available colors

Installation

$ npm install open-color

$ bower install open-color

Variable convention

Sass, SCSS

$oc-(color)-(number)

LESS

@oc-(color)-(number)

Stylus

oc-(color)-(number)

CSS

--oc-(color)-(number)

---

• oc: Abbreviation for Open color
• (color): Color name such as gray, red, lime, etc.
• (number): 0 to 9. Brightness spectrum.

How to use

Import the file to your project and use the variables.

Example for Sass, SCSS

@import 'path/open-color';

.body {
  background-color: $oc-gray-0;
  color: $oc-gray-7;
}

a {
  color: $oc-teal-7;

  &:hover,
  &:focus,
  &:active {
    color: $oc-indigo-7;
  }
}

Example for LESS

@import 'path/open-color';

.body {
  background-color: @oc-gray-0;
  color: @oc-gray-7;
}

a {
  color: @oc-teal-7;

  &:hover,
  &:focus,
  &:active {
    color: @oc-indigo-7;
  }
}

Example for Stylus

@import 'path/open-color.styl'

.body
  background-color: oc-gray-0
  color: oc-gray-7

a
  color: oc-teal-7

  &:hover
  &:focus
  &:active
    color: oc-indigo-7

Example for CSS

@import 'path/open-color.css';

.body {
  background-color: var(--oc-gray-0);
  color: var(--oc-gray-7);
}

a {
  color: var(--oc-teal-7);
}

a:hover,
a:focus,
a:active {
  color: var(--oc-indigo-7);
}

Contribution

Check out the list below.

Color value

• open-color.json
  • Change and $ npm run compile-templates
• docs/asset/download/open-color_*.*.*.aco
• docs/asset/download/open-color_*.*.*.clr
• Adobe library (admin rights)

Version number

• package.json
• docs/asset/download/open-color_*.*.*.aco
• Adobe library (admin rights)

Document

• README.md
• docs/documents.html

Introduction

• README.md