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Direct link to the article The Best Color Functions in CSS?
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The Best Color Functions in CSS?

I’ve said before that HSL is the best color format we have. Most of us aren’t like David DeSandro, who can read hex codes. HSL(a) is Hue, Saturation, Lightness, and alpha, if we need it.

hsl(120, 100%, 40%)

Hue …

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Chris Coyier on Jan 20, 2020
Direct link to the article Converting Color Spaces in JavaScript
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Converting Color Spaces in JavaScript

A challenge I faced in building an image “emojifier” was that I needed to change the color spaces of values obtained using getImageData() from RGB to HSL. I used arrays of emojis arranged by brightness and saturation, and they were …

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Jon Kantner on Jan 26, 2021
Direct link to the article Switch font color for different backgrounds with CSS
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Switch font color for different backgrounds with CSS

Ever get one of those, “I can do that with CSS!” moments while watching someone flex their JavaScript muscles? That’s exactly the feeling I got while watching Dag-Inge Aas & Ida Aalen talk at CSSconf EU 2018.

They are …

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Facundo Corradini on Aug 18, 2018
Direct link to the article HSL() / HSLa() is great for programmatic color control
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HSL() / HSLa() is great for programmatic color control

If you ever need to hand-manipulate a color in native CSS, HSL is pretty much the only way. HSL (the hsl() and hsla() functions in CSS) stands for hue, saturation, lightness, and optionally, alpha. We’ve talked about it before but …

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Chris Coyier on Jun 1, 2018
Direct link to the article A Nerd’s Guide to Color on the Web
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A Nerd’s Guide to Color on the Web

There are a lot of ways to work with color on the web. I think it’s helpful to understand the mechanics behind what you’re using, and color is no exception. Let’s delve into some of the technical details of color …

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Sarah Drasner on Oct 15, 2020
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