The Weekly Swatch
Issue 42
Four colours,
one good idea.
one good idea.
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// palette.js — build a themed swatch
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import chroma from 'chroma-js'
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const brand = ['#5F27CD', '#222F3E']
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export function swatch(hex) {
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const ink = chroma(hex).luminance() > 0.5
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? '#111' : '#fff'
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return { bg: hex, ink }
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Did the new palette land yet? I want to try it on the onboarding flow.
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