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decodelabs/spectrum
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Bring colour to PHP

v0.3.8(7mo ago)31.4kMITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

Since Apr 12Pushed 5mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/decodelabs/spectrum)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/decodelabs/spectrum)[ RSS](/packages/decodelabs-spectrum/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced 1mo ago

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Spectrum
========

[](#spectrum)

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### Parse and manipulate colors

[](#parse-and-manipulate-colors)

Spectrum offers a simple but powerful system for parsing, inspecting, manipulating and exporting colors.

---

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This package requires PHP 8.4 or higher.

Install via Composer:

```
composer require decodelabs/spectrum
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Load and manipulate any color with ease through RGB, HSL and HSV formats.

```
use DecodeLabs\Spectrum\Color;

$color = Color::create('#5AB3CD');
$color = Color::create('darkblue');
$color = Color::create('rgba(25,25,25,0.4)');
$color = Color::random();

$color->toHsl();
$color->lighten(0.3); // 30% lighter
$color->setAlpha(0.5); // 50% opacity
$color->toMidtone(); // Medium saturation and lightness

echo $color; // Converts to appropriate CSS value

$contrastColor = $color->contrastAgainst('pink');
$textColor = $color->getTextContrastColor();
```

Licensing
---------

[](#licensing)

Spectrum is licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for the full license text.

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance68

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~108 days

Recently: every ~19 days

Total

16

Last Release

224d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^7.2|^8.0

v0.2.0PHP ^8.0

v0.2.3PHP ^8.1

v0.3.0PHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![betterthanclay](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1273586?v=4)](https://github.com/betterthanclay "betterthanclay (94 commits)")

---

Tags

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