DevIsCoding Colors

SASS color functions and maps used in DevIsCoding components. Can also be used quite effectively in any SASS where one desires an easy way to manage colors.

Formerly known as StrapLess Colors.

Available Color Maps

Inclusion of the 'color-variables' establishes three color maps: $grays, $colors, and $theme-colors.

These color maps can be utilized and manipulated with various included functions.

Available Functions

color($name) - Retrieves a color from the $color map by color name.

theme-color($name) - Retrieves a color from the $theme-colors map by context name.

gray($value) - Retrieves a shade from the $grays map by progression value, 50 - 900.

theme-colors-merge($new-map) - Adds a provided map of key: color to the theme colors map. Any new theme-colors will be added to the existing map. Any key that already exists will be overwritten with your new value.

colors-merge($new-map) - Adds a provided map of key: color to the colors map. Any new colors will be added to the existing map. Any key that already exists will be overwritten with your new value.

grays-merge($new-map) - Adds a provided map of value: color to the grays map. Any gray values will be added to the existing map. Any key that already exists will be overwritten with your new value.

isLight($color-value) - Determines if the given color value is a light color or a dark color. Useful for setting foreground colors that contrast with background colors.

Available Mixins

set-color($name,$color-value) - Adds or sets a color by the name of $name to the colors map with the value $color-value. Any existing color with the same name will be overwritten.

set-theme-color($name,$color-value) - Adds or sets a color by the name of $name to the theme colors map with the value $color-value. Any existing color with the same name will be overwritten.

set-gray($value,$color-value) - Adds or sets a color by the name of $value to the gray shades map with the value $color-value. Any existing color with the same name will be overwritten.

How to Use

To use effectively, you should @import "colors"; BEFORE any variables that set or utilize colors. This will set the base colors and allow you to do the following:

• Use colors with the color, theme-color, and gray functions.
• Add or replace colors to the color map without worrying about !default by using the set-* functions.
• Merge maps of new colors with the existing maps without wiping anything out.

To set a single color, use the mixins like this:

@include set-color(white,#fff);

To update a map of colors, use the functions like this:

$colors: colors-merge((white: #fff, black: #000));

To get a color value, use the functions like this:

.selector { color: color(teal); }