SassColor Functions
Sass Color Functions
We have divided the color functions in Sass into three parts: Set color functions, Get color functions, and Manipulate color functions:
Sass Set Color Functions
| Function | Description & Example |
|---|---|
| rgb(red,green,blue) | Sets a color using the Red-Green-Blue (RGB) model. An RGB color value is specified with: rgb(red, green, blue). Each parameter defines the intensity of that color and can be an integer between 0 and 255, or a percentage value (from 0% to 100%). Example: rgb(0, 0, 255); // rendered as blue because the blue parameter is set to its highest value (255) and the others are set to 0 |
| rgba(red,green,blue,alpha) | Sets a color using the Red-Green-Blue-Alpha (RGBA) model. RGBA color values are an extension of RGB color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity of the color. The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque). Example: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.3); // rendered as blue with opacity |
| hsl(hue,saturation,lightness) | Sets a color using the Hue-Saturation-Lightness (HSL) model - and represents a cylindrical-coordinate representation of colors. Hue is a degree on the color wheel (from 0 to 360) - 0 or 360 is red, 120 is green, 240 is blue. Saturation is a percentage value; 0% means a shade of gray and 100% is the full color. Lightness is also a percentage; 0% is black, 100% is white. Example: hsl(120, 100%, 50%); // green hsl(120, 100%, 75%); // light green hsl(120, 100%, 25%); // dark green hsl(120, 60%, 70%); // pastel green |
| hsla(hue,saturation,lightness,alpha) | Sets a color using the Hue-Saturation-Lightness-Alpha (HSLA) model. HSLA color values are an extension of HSL color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity of the color. The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque). Example: hsl(120, 100%, 50%, 0.3); // green with opacity hsl(120, 100%, 75%, 0.3); // light green with opacity |
| grayscale(color) | Sets a gray color with the same lightness ascolor. Example: grayscale(#7fffd4); Result: #c6c6c6 |
| complement(color) | Sets a color that is the complementary color ofcolor. Example: complement(#7fffd4); Result: #ff7faa |
| invert(color,weight) | Sets a color that is the inverse or negative color ofcolor. Theweight parameter is optional and must be a number between 0% and 100%. Default is 100%. Example: invert(white); Result: black |
Sass Get Color Functions
| Function | Description & Example |
|---|---|
| red(color) | Returns the red value ofcolor as a number between 0 and 255. Example: red(#7fffd4); Result: 127 red(red); Result: 255 |
| green(color) | Returns the green value ofcolor as a number between 0 and 255. Example: green(#7fffd4); Result: 255 green(blue); Result: 0 |
| blue(color) | Returns the blue value ofcolor as a number between 0 and 255. Example: blue(#7fffd4); Result: 212 blue(blue); Result: 255 |
| hue(color) | Returns the hue ofcolor as a number between 0deg and 360deg. Example: hue(#7fffd4); Result: 160deg |
| saturation(color) | Returns the HSL saturation ofcolor as a number between 0% and 100%. Example: saturation(#7fffd4); Result: 100% |
| lightness(color) | Returns the HSL lightness ofcolor as a number between 0% and 100%. Example: lightness(#7fffd4); Result: 74.9% |
| alpha(color) | Returns the alpha channel ofcolor as a number between 0 and 1. Example: alpha(#7fffd4); Result: 1 |
| opacity(color) | Returns the alpha channel ofcolor as a number between 0 and 1. Example: opacity(rgba(127, 255, 212, 0.5)); Result: 0.5 |
Sass Manipulate Color Functions
| Function | Description & Example |
|---|---|
| mix(color1,color2,weight) | Creates a color that is a mix ofcolor1 andcolor2. Theweight parameter must be between 0% and 100%. A larger weight means that more of color1 should be used. A smaller weight means that more of color2 should be used. Default is 50%. |
| adjust-hue(color,degrees) | Adjusts thecolor's hue with a degree from -360deg to 360deg. Example: adjust-hue(#7fffd4, 80deg); Result: #8080ff |
| adjust-color(color,red,green,blue,hue,saturation,lightness,alpha) | Adjusts one or more parameters by the specified amount. This function adds or subtracts the specified amount to/from the existing color value. Example: adjust-color(#7fffd4, blue: 25); Result: |
| change-color(color,red,green,blue,hue,saturation,lightness,alpha) | Sets one or more parameters of acolor to new values. Example: change-color(#7fffd4, red: 255); Result: #ffffd4 |
| scale-color(color,red,green,blue, saturation,lightness,alpha) | Scales one or more parameters ofcolor. |
| rgba(color,alpha) | Creates a new color ofcolor with the givenalpha channel. Example: rgba(#7fffd4, 30%); Result: rgba(127, 255, 212, 0.3) |
| lighten(color,amount) | Creates a lighter color ofcolor with anamount between 0% and 100%. The amount parameter increases the HSL lightness by that percent. |
| darken(color,amount) | Creates a darker color ofcolor with anamount between 0% and 100%. The amount parameter decreases the HSL lightness by that percent. |
| saturate(color,amount) | Creates a more saturated color ofcolor with anamount between 0% and 100%. The amount parameter increases the HSL saturation by that percent. |
| desaturate(color,amount) | Creates a less saturated color ofcolor with anamount between 0% and 100%. The amount parameter decreases the HSL saturation by that percent. |
| opacify(color,amount) | Creates a more opaque color ofcolor with anamount between 0 and 1. The amount parameter increases the alpha channel by that amount. |
| fade-in(color,amount) | Creates a more opaque color ofcolor with anamount between 0 and 1. The amount parameter increases the alpha channel by that amount. |
| transparentize(color,amount) | Creates a more transparent color ofcolor with anamount between 0 and 1. The amount parameter decreases the alpha channel by that amount. |
| fade-out(color,amount) | Creates a more transparent color ofcolor with anamount between 0 and 1. The amount parameter decreases the alpha channel by that amount. |
