Is Named CSS Colour Dark

Added in: @sardine/colour@1.2.0

Description

Checks if a named CSS colour string represents a dark colour based on luminance.

Signature

function isCSSNamedDarkColour(name: string): boolean;

Parameters

  • name: string — The named CSS colour (e.g., "navy").

Returns

  • booleantrue if the colour is dark, otherwise false.

Examples

import { isCSSNamedDarkColour } from "@sardine/colour";

isCSSNamedDarkColour("navy");
// => true

isCSSNamedDarkColour("yellow");
// => false

Error Handling

  • Throws an error if the input is not a valid named CSS colour.

Interactive Demo

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