Color
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Color definitions are used as per the CSS3 CSS Color Module Level 3 specification.
A few colors have multiple names referring to the same colors, e.g. grey and gray or aqua and cyan.
In these cases the last color when sorted alphabetically takes precedence. eg. Color((0, 255, 255)).as_named() == 'cyan' because "cyan" comes after "aqua".
Internal use only as a representation of a color.
Bases: Representation
Represents a color.
Methods
Section titled “Methods”original
Section titled “original”def original() -> ColorTypeOriginal value passed to Color.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”ColorType
as_named
Section titled “as_named”def as_named(*, fallback: bool = False) -> strReturns the name of the color if it can be found in COLORS_BY_VALUE dictionary, otherwise returns the hexadecimal representation of the color or raises ValueError.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”str -- The name of the color, or the hexadecimal representation of the color.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”fallback : bool Default: False
If True, falls back to returning the hexadecimal representation of the color instead of raising a ValueError when no named color is found.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”ValueError-- When no named color is found and fallback isFalse.
as_hex
Section titled “as_hex”def as_hex(format: Literal['short', 'long'] = 'short') -> strReturns the hexadecimal representation of the color.
Hex string representing the color can be 3, 4, 6, or 8 characters depending on whether the string a "short" representation of the color is possible and whether there's an alpha channel.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”str -- The hexadecimal representation of the color.
as_rgb
Section titled “as_rgb”def as_rgb() -> strColor as an rgb(<r>, <g>, <b>) or rgba(<r>, <g>, <b>, <a>) string.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”as_rgb_tuple
Section titled “as_rgb_tuple”def as_rgb_tuple(*, alpha: bool | None = None) -> ColorTupleReturns the color as an RGB or RGBA tuple.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”ColorTuple -- A tuple that contains the values of the red, green, and blue channels in the range 0 to 255. If alpha is included, it is in the range 0 to 1.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”alpha : bool | None Default: None
Whether to include the alpha channel. There are three options for this input:
None(default): Include alpha only if it's set. (e.g. notNone)True: Always include alpha.False: Always omit alpha.
as_hsl
Section titled “as_hsl”def as_hsl() -> strColor as an hsl(<h>, <s>, <l>) or hsl(<h>, <s>, <l>, <a>) string.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”as_hsl_tuple
Section titled “as_hsl_tuple”def as_hsl_tuple(*, alpha: bool | None = None) -> HslColorTupleReturns the color as an HSL or HSLA tuple.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”HslColorTuple -- The color as a tuple of hue, saturation, lightness, and alpha (if included). All elements are in the range 0 to 1.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”alpha : bool | None Default: None
Whether to include the alpha channel.
None(default): Include the alpha channel only if it's set (e.g. notNone).True: Always include alpha.False: Always omit alpha.
parse_tuple
Section titled “parse_tuple”def parse_tuple(value: tuple[Any, ...]) -> RGBAParse a tuple or list to get RGBA values.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”RGBA -- An RGBA tuple parsed from the input tuple.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”A tuple or list.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”PydanticCustomError-- If tuple is not valid.
parse_str
Section titled “parse_str”def parse_str(value: str) -> RGBAParse a string representing a color to an RGBA tuple.
Possible formats for the input string include:
- named color, see
COLORS_BY_NAME - hex short eg.
<prefix>fff(prefix can be#,0xor nothing) - hex long eg.
<prefix>ffffff(prefix can be#,0xor nothing) rgb(<r>, <g>, <b>)rgba(<r>, <g>, <b>, <a>)transparent
Returns
Section titled “Returns”RGBA -- An RGBA tuple parsed from the input string.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”value : str
A string representing a color.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”ValueError-- If the input string cannot be parsed to an RGBA tuple.
ints_to_rgba
Section titled “ints_to_rgba”def ints_to_rgba(
r: int | str,
g: int | str,
b: int | str,
alpha: float | None = None,
) -> RGBAConverts integer or string values for RGB color and an optional alpha value to an RGBA object.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”RGBA -- An instance of the RGBA class with the corresponding color and alpha values.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”An integer or string representing the red color value.
An integer or string representing the green color value.
An integer or string representing the blue color value.
alpha : float | None Default: None
A float representing the alpha value. Defaults to None.
parse_color_value
Section titled “parse_color_value”def parse_color_value(value: int | str, max_val: int = 255) -> floatParse the color value provided and return a number between 0 and 1.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”float -- A number between 0 and 1.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”An integer or string color value.
max_val : int Default: 255
Maximum range value. Defaults to 255.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”PydanticCustomError-- If the value is not a valid color.
parse_float_alpha
Section titled “parse_float_alpha”def parse_float_alpha(value: None | str | float | int) -> float | NoneParse an alpha value checking it's a valid float in the range 0 to 1.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”float | None -- The parsed value as a float, or None if the value was None or equal 1.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”value : None | str | float | int
The input value to parse.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”PydanticCustomError-- If the input value cannot be successfully parsed as a float in the expected range.
parse_hsl
Section titled “parse_hsl”def parse_hsl(
h: str,
h_units: str,
sat: str,
light: str,
alpha: float | None = None,
) -> RGBAParse raw hue, saturation, lightness, and alpha values and convert to RGBA.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”RGBA -- An instance of RGBA.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”h : str
The hue value.
h_units : str
The unit for hue value.
sat : str
The saturation value.
light : str
The lightness value.
alpha : float | None Default: None
Alpha value.
float_to_255
Section titled “float_to_255”def float_to_255(c: float) -> intConverts a float value between 0 and 1 (inclusive) to an integer between 0 and 255 (inclusive).
Returns
Section titled “Returns”int -- The integer equivalent of the given float value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”c : float
The float value to be converted. Must be between 0 and 1 (inclusive).