timoxley / colornames

Map color names to HEX color values

colornames

Convert color names to HEX color values.

Installation

Component

$ component install timoxley/colornames

Node/Browserify

$ npm install colornames

Example

var toHex = require('colornames')

VGA color names

toHex('red') // => "#FF0000"
toHex('blue') // => "#0000FF"

CSS color names

toHex('lightsalmon') // => "#FFA07A"
toHex('mediumvioletred') // => "#C71585"

Get meta data about a color

toHex.get('red')
// =>
{
  name: "red",
  css: true,
  value: "#FF0000",
  vga: true
}

Conversion is case-insensitive

toHex('Blue') // => "#0000FF"
toHex('BLUE') // => "#0000FF"
toHex('BlUe') // => "#0000FF"

API

colornames(name)

Get HEX code for a color name, or undefined if unknown.

.get(name)

All known data about color, including whether valid VGA or CSS color name.

.get.vga(name)

HEX code for a color name, only if the color is a valid VGA color name.

.get.css(name)

HEX code for a color name, only if the color is a valid CSS color name.

###.all() Get all color names data.

License

MIT

Complete Color Map

colornames's Issues

Gray vs Grey

The name "gray" return hex code but "grey" doesn't. On the otherhand, it's the otherway around for "lightgray" and "lightgrey".

Using the following code for the time being.

toHex(name.replace("gray", "grey")) || toHex(name.replace("grey", "gray"));