Change text color based on brightness of the covered background area?

Question

I\'ve thought about the following for a while already, so now I want to know your opinions, possible solutions, and so on.

I am looking for a plugin or technique tha

Answer 1

If you are using ES6, convert hex to RGB then can use this:

const hexToRgb = hex => {
    // turn hex val to RGB
    const result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex)
    return result
        ? {
              r: parseInt(result[1], 16),
              g: parseInt(result[2], 16),
              b: parseInt(result[3], 16)
          }
        : null
}

// calc to work out if it will match on black or white better
const setContrast = rgb =>
    (rgb.r * 299 + rgb.g * 587 + rgb.b * 114) / 1000 > 125 ? 'black' : 'white'

const getCorrectColor = setContrast(hexToRgb(#ffffff))