tinycolor2

What is tinycolor2?

The tinycolor2 npm package is a small, fast library for color manipulation and conversion in JavaScript. It allows for reading, editing, and converting colors between various color formats, as well as checking color properties and performing adjustments.

What are tinycolor2's main functionalities?

Color Parsing

Parse a string input to create a tinycolor instance. It accepts various color formats like HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, and names.

var tinycolor = require('tinycolor2');
var color = tinycolor('#f0e');

Color Manipulation

Manipulate colors by chaining methods like lighten, darken, saturate, desaturate, etc., and then output to a desired format.

var newColor = tinycolor('red').lighten(10).desaturate(5).toHexString();

Color Comparison

Check readability and contrast between two colors to ensure that text is readable on a given background color.

var isReadable = tinycolor.isReadable('#000', '#fff');

Color Validation

Validate a color to check if it is a proper color that can be parsed and manipulated.

var isValid = tinycolor('red').isValid();

Color Conversion

Convert colors to different formats like RGB, HEX, HSL, HSV, etc.

var rgbString = tinycolor('red').toRgbString();

Other packages similar to tinycolor2

chroma-js

Chroma.js is a powerful library for all kinds of color conversions and color scales. It's more feature-rich and has more color scale options compared to tinycolor2.

color

The 'color' package is another color manipulation library that supports color conversion and manipulation. It has a chainable API similar to tinycolor2 but also includes support for color profiles like Apple's Display P3.

color-convert

Color-convert is a library that focuses on converting colors between different models. It has a simpler API for conversions without additional color manipulation features.