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Created October 9, 2011 12:19
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Lighten or darken a hexadecimal color (string)
# Amount should be a decimal between 0 and 1. Lower means darker
def darken_color(hex_color, amount=0.4)
hex_color = hex_color.gsub('#','')
rgb = hex_color.scan(/../).map {|color| color.hex}
rgb[0] = (rgb[0].to_i * amount).round
rgb[1] = (rgb[1].to_i * amount).round
rgb[2] = (rgb[2].to_i * amount).round
"#%02x%02x%02x" % rgb
end
# Amount should be a decimal between 0 and 1. Higher means lighter
def lighten_color(hex_color, amount=0.6)
hex_color = hex_color.gsub('#','')
rgb = hex_color.scan(/../).map {|color| color.hex}
rgb[0] = [(rgb[0].to_i + 255 * amount).round, 255].min
rgb[1] = [(rgb[1].to_i + 255 * amount).round, 255].min
rgb[2] = [(rgb[2].to_i + 255 * amount).round, 255].min
"#%02x%02x%02x" % rgb
end
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plexus commented Jul 12, 2013

Pretty cool, but I prefer a more functional style, since you're doing the same operations on each value of a list

  def darken_color(hex_color, amount=0.4)
    hex_color = hex_color.gsub('#','')
    rgb = hex_color.scan(/../).map(&:hex).map{|color| color * amount}.map(&:round)
    "#%02x%02x%02x" % rgb
  end

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