color.js

// Simple class for handling sRGB colors
(function(){

var _ = self.Color = function(rgba) {
	if (rgba === 'transparent') {
		rgba = [0,0,0,0];
	}
	else if (typeof rgba === 'string') {
		var rgbaString = rgba;
		rgba = rgbaString.match(/rgba?\(([\d.]+), ([\d.]+), ([\d.]+)(?:, ([\d.]+))?\)/);

		if (rgba) {
			rgba.shift();
		}
		else {
			throw new Error('Invalid string: ' + rgbaString);
		}
	}

	if (rgba[3] === undefined) {
		rgba[3] = 1;
	}

	rgba = rgba.map(function (a) {
		return floor(a, 3);
	});

	this.rgba = rgba;
};

_.prototype = {
	get rgb () {
		return this.rgba.slice(0,3);
	},

	get alpha () {
		return this.rgba[3];
	},

	set alpha (alpha) {
		this.rgba[3] = alpha;
	},

	get luminance () {
		// Formula: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#relativeluminancedef
		var rgba = this.rgba.slice();

		for(var i=0; i<3; i++) {
			var rgb = rgba[i];

			rgb /= 255;

			rgb = rgb < .03928 ? rgb / 12.92 : Math.pow((rgb + .055) / 1.055, 2.4);

			rgba[i] = rgb;
		}

		return .2126 * rgba[0] + .7152 * rgba[1] + 0.0722 * rgba[2];
	},

	get inverse () {
		return new _([
			255 - this.rgba[0],
			255 - this.rgba[1],
			255 - this.rgba[2],
			this.alpha
		]);
	},

	toString: function() {
		return 'rgb' + (this.alpha < 1? 'a' : '') + '(' + this.rgba.slice(0, this.alpha >= 1? 3 : 4).join(', ') + ')';
	},

	clone: function() {
		return new _(this.rgba);
	},

	// Overlay a color over another
	overlayOn: function (color) {
		var overlaid = this.clone();

		var alpha = this.alpha;

		if (alpha >= 1) {
			return overlaid;
		}

		for(var i=0; i<3; i++) {
			overlaid.rgba[i] = overlaid.rgba[i] * alpha + color.rgba[i] * color.rgba[3] * (1 - alpha);
		}

		overlaid.rgba[3] = alpha + color.rgba[3] * (1 - alpha);

		return overlaid;
	},

	contrast: function (color) {
		// Formula: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#contrast-ratiodef
		var alpha = this.alpha;

		if (alpha >= 1) {
			if (color.alpha < 1) {
				color = color.overlayOn(this);
			}

			var l1 = this.luminance + .05,
				l2 = color.luminance + .05,
				ratio = l1/l2;

			if (l2 > l1) {
				ratio = 1 / ratio;
			}

			ratio = floor(ratio, 2);

			return {
				ratio: ratio,
				error: 0,
				min: ratio,
				max: ratio
			};
		}

		// If we’re here, it means we have a semi-transparent background
		// The text color may or may not be semi-transparent, but that doesn't matter

		var onBlack = this.overlayOn(_.BLACK),
		    onWhite = this.overlayOn(_.WHITE),
		    contrastOnBlack = onBlack.contrast(color).ratio,
		    contrastOnWhite = onWhite.contrast(color).ratio;

		var max = Math.max(contrastOnBlack, contrastOnWhite);

		// This is here for backwards compatibility and not used to calculate
		// `min`.  Note that there may be other colors with a closer luminance to
		// `color` if they have a different hue than `this`.
		var closest = this.rgb.map(function(c, i) {
			return Math.min(Math.max(0, (color.rgb[i] - c * alpha)/(1-alpha)), 255);
		});

		closest = new _(closest);

		var min = 1;
		if (onBlack.luminance > color.luminance) {
			min = contrastOnBlack;
		}
		else if (onWhite.luminance < color.luminance) {
			min = contrastOnWhite;
		}

		return {
			ratio: floor((min + max) / 2, 2),
			error: floor((max - min) / 2, 2),
			min: min,
			max: max,
			closest: closest,
			farthest: onWhite == max? _.WHITE : _.BLACK
		};
	}
};

_.BLACK = new _([0,0,0]);
_.GRAY = new _([127.5, 127.5, 127.5]);
_.WHITE = new _([255,255,255]);

// Math.floor with precision
function floor(number, decimals) {
	decimals = +decimals || 0;

	var multiplier = Math.pow(10, decimals);

	return Math.floor(number * multiplier) / multiplier;
}

})();