# jquery/jquery-color

jQuery plugin for color manipulation and animation support.

Repository: https://github.com/jquery/jquery-color
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-color
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-10T12:54:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6248, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1638, forks 411 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.021975+00:00)

## What it is
jQuery Color is an official jQuery plugin that provides color object parsing, manipulation, and animation support via cssHooks. It lets developers animate CSS color properties and convert between color formats like hex, RGB, and HSLA.

## Use cases
- animate background color transitions with jQuery
- parse and convert color strings between hex rgb and hsla
- desaturate or adjust alpha of a color programmatically
- animate border and text colors in web pages
- add color animation support for SVG fill and stroke properties

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery and need color animation via .animate()
- you need robust color parsing and manipulation in the browser
- you want an official, well-tested jQuery ecosystem plugin

## When to avoid
- you build modern apps without jQuery and can use CSS transitions or Web Animations API
- you need canvas or server-side color processing
- you need a full color picker UI component

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: animation, ui-components, image-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: jquery-plugin, color-manipulation, css-animation, color-parsing

## Member repositories
- jquery/jquery-color (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.021975+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:46:33.786544+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jquery/jquery-color (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.021975+00:00, sha 80f8cadd24d9)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-color (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:49.995984+00:00, sha cbe0a40e6157)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.