color is a versatile JavaScript library for manipulating colors. It supports a wide range of color formats, including RGB, HSL, HSV, and CMYK. color enables you to easily convert between these formats, adjust color components (brightness, saturation, hue), and generate color schemes. Its fluent API and extensive functionality make it a powerful tool for simplifying color-related tasks in web development and other projects. It's widely used for themes, visualizations, and creative coding.
The npm package "color" experienced substantial download growth between March 2024 and August 2025, rising from roughly 59 million to 143 million monthly downloads. While September 2025's data is incomplete, standing at approximately 31 million, the overall trend demonstrates a significant increase in popularity and usage of the package.
The color npm package has had an inconsistent release frequency since its initial releases in 2011. Releases were more frequent between 2011 and 2016, with occasional bursts. After a period of inactivity, releases picked up again between 2017 and 2022, with some scattered releases since, finally one in February 2025, 5.0.0. There have been no releases in the last six months.
