Colours for Craft CMS
This plugin is no longer maintained. I'm committing to Craft 3 development only. Feel free to use the source code as you like. If you're looking for a Craft 3 version of this plugin, it's likely I've merged parts or all of this plugin into my Helpers module.
Query colours to do all manner of useful things.
Table of Contents
Theme
Adds a theme fieldtype that allows a predefined colour to be selected. Colours are set by adding comma delimited hex codes into the fieldtypes settings. Each colour will automatically be given a name using Chirag Mehta's Name That Color.
Hex To RGBA
Twig filter that converts a Hex colour to RGBA
{{ '#990000'|hexToRgba }}You can also pass in opacity too
{{ '#990000'|hexToRgba(0.5) }}Light
Twig filter that returns true if a given hex colour is considered to be light.
{{ '#990000'|light }}Dark
Twig filter that returns true if a given hex colour is considered to be dark.
{{ '#FFF000'|dark }}Light or Dark
Twig filter that returns a light of dark colour depending on the brightness of the first parameter.
{{ entry.backgroundColour|light_or_dark('#FFFFFF', '#000000') }}