omgovich/colord

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1885 stars · 65 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Colord is a tiny (1.8 KB brotlied), zero-dependency JavaScript/TypeScript library for high-performance color parsing, manipulation, and conversion. It supports CSS Color Level formats (HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, HWB, LAB, LCH, XYZ, CMYK), is immutable, fully typed, and extendable via a plugin system.

Use cases

• convert colors between hex, rgb, hsl, and lab formats
• parse css color strings in javascript
• lighten or darken a color programmatically
• check color contrast for accessibility
• generate color harmonies and mixes for a design system
• validate whether a string is a valid css color
• replace the heavy color.js library with a tiny alternative

When to choose

• you need a very small, fast, dependency-free color library for browsers or Node.js
• you want strict CSS Color Level compliance and TypeScript types out of the box
• you need accessibility checks like contrast ratio and luminance
• you prefer an immutable, chainable API with plugin extensibility

When to avoid

• you need canvas or image-based color processing rather than value manipulation
• you require advanced color science beyond the supported plugin formats
• you are working outside JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser serialization ui-components web-development frontend web-design accessibility developer-tools browser cross-platform color-manipulation color-conversion zero-dependency typescript immutable plugin-system css-color tiny-bundle a11y-contrast hex-rgb-hsl-hsv-lab-lch nodejs web-server

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