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mikealmond/color
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A small library to manipulate and display colors

v0.1.5(4y ago)26242.0k↓45.8%32MITPHPPHP ~7.0|~8.0CI failing

Since Jan 24Pushed 4y ago4 watchersCompare

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color
=====

[](#color)

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This library will allow you to alter colors, check readability, and generate different palettes based on a base color.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require mikealmond/color
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$color = Color::fromHex('FFFFFF');
echo $color->getRgb()['b']; // 255

/** @var Color $darkerColor */
$darkerColor = $color->darken(50); // 50% darker

echo $darkerColor; // implements `__toString()`

if ($darkerColor->isDark()) {
    // do something with a dark color
}
```

```
// Create a color palette based on #663399
$color     = Color::fromCssColor('RebeccaPurple');
$generator = new PaletteGenerator($color);
$palette   = $generator->triad(40);

foreach ($palette as $color) {
    printf(
    '%s',
        CssGenerator::hex($color),
        CssGenerator::hex($color->getMatchingTextColor()),
        CssGenerator::rgb($color)
    );
}
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Mike Almond](https://github.com/mikealmond)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.8% 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 ~190 days

Recently: every ~261 days

Total

10

Last Release

1729d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.0.1PHP ~5.6|~7.0

v0.0.3PHP ~5.5|~7.0

v0.1.0PHP ~7.0

v0.1.4PHP ~7.0|~8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/600744?v=4)[Mike Almond](/maintainers/mikealmond)[@mikealmond](https://github.com/mikealmond)

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Top Contributors

[![mikealmond](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/600744?v=4)](https://github.com/mikealmond "mikealmond (44 commits)")[![CraftLogan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10950466?v=4)](https://github.com/CraftLogan "CraftLogan (1 commits)")

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Tags

colorcolor-manipulationcolor-palettes-generatorpalettephpwcag2colormikealmond

###  Code Quality

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