ColorContrast
Calculate a contrasting color for a given hex code. Based on the YIQ method to calculate contrast.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'color_contrast'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install color_contrast
Usage
ColorContrast.get_contrast("#000000") # => "light"
ColorContrast.get_contrast("#0000ff") # => "light"
# hashtag is not needed for input
ColorContrast.get_contrast("00ff00") # => "dark"
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ronaldchacon/color_contrast.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.