local color = require'color'

Color parsing, formatting, conversion and computation in HSL, HSV and RGB color spaces.

Quick facts:

• color spaces: 'hsl', 'hsv', 'rgb'.
• r, g, b, s, L, v are in 0..1 range, h is in 0..360 range.
• color formats: '#', '#rrggbbaa', '#rrggbb', '#rgba', '#rgb', '#g', '#gg', 'rgba32', 'argb32' 'rgba', 'rgb', 'rgba%', 'rgb%', 'hsla', 'hsl', 'hsla%', 'hsl%'.

API

color.parse(str[, space]) -> [space, ]x, y, z[, a]	parse color string
color.convert(dspace, sspace, x, y, z[, a]) -> ...	convert color from sspace to dspace
color.format([fmt], space, x, y, z[, a]) -> s	format color (see above)
color.clamp(space, x, y, z[, a]) -> x, y, z[, a]	clamp values to color space

NOTE: x, y, z means r, g, b in the 'rgb' color space, h, s, L in the 'hsl' color space and h, s, v in the 'hsv' color space.

NOTE: When alpha is missing, the color has no alpha when formatting or clamping.

Color objects

constructors
color(str) -> col	create a HSL color object from a string
color([space, ]x, y, z[, a]) -> col	create a HSL color object from discrete values
color([space, ]{x, y, z[, a]}) -> col	create a HSL color object from a table
color.hsl(h, s, L[, a]) -> col	calls color('hsl', h, s, L, a)
color.hsv(h, s, v[, a]) -> col	calls color('hsv', h, s, v, a)
color.rgb(r, g, b[, a]) -> col	calls color('rgb', r, g, b, a)
fields
col.h, col.s, col.L, col.a	color fields (for reading and writing)
col() -> h, s, L[, a]	color fields unpacked
conversion
col:hsl() -> h, s, L	color fields unpacked without alpha
col:hsla() -> h, s, L, a	color fields unpacked with alpha
col:hsv() -> h, s, v	convert to HSV
col:rgb() -> r, g, b	convert to RGB
col:hsva() -> h, s, v, a	convert to HSVA
col:rgba() -> r, g, b, a	convert to RGBA
formatting
col:format([fmt]) -> str	convert to string
tostring(col) -> str	calls col:format'#'
computation in HSL space
col:hue_offset(hue_delta) -> color	create a color with a different hue (in degrees)
col:complementary() -> color	create a complementary color
col:neighbors(angle) -> color1, color2	create two neighboring colors (by hue), offset by “angle”
col:triadic() -> color1, color2	create two new colors to make a triadic color scheme
col:split_complementary(angle) -> color1, color2	create two new colors, offset by angle from a color’s complementary
col:desaturate_to(saturation) -> color	create a new color with saturation set to a new value
col:desaturate_by(r) -> color	create a new color with saturation set to a old saturation times r
col:lighten_to(lightness) -> color	create a new color with lightness set to a new value
col:lighten_by(r) -> color	create a new color with lightness set to its lightness times r
col:bw([whiteL]) -> color	create a new color with lightness either 0 or 1 based on whiteL threshold
col:variations(f, n) -> {color1, ...}	create n variations of a color using supplied function and return them as a table
col:tints(n) -> {color1, ...}	create n tints of a color and return them as a table
col:shades(n) -> {color1, ...}	create n shades of a color and return them as a table
col:tint(r) -> color	create a color tint
col:shade(r) -> color	create a color shade

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