Use the color() function in CSS
npm install @csstools/postcss-color-functionnpm install @csstools/postcss-color-function --save-dev
[PostCSS Color Function] lets you use the color function in
CSS, following the [CSS Color] specification.
``css
.color {
color: color(display-p3 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
:root {
--a-color: color(srgb 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
/ becomes /
.color {
color: rgb(179, 35, 35);
}
:root {
--a-color: rgb(164, 49, 43);
}
`
Add [PostCSS Color Function] to your project:
`bash`
npm install postcss @csstools/postcss-color-function --save-dev
Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:
`js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssColorFunction = require('@csstools/postcss-color-function');
postcss([
postcssColorFunction(/ pluginOptions /)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /, processOptions /);
`
The preserve option determines whether the original notation
is preserved. By default, it is not preserved.
`js`
postcssColorFunction({ preserve: true })
`css
.color {
color: color(display-p3 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
:root {
--a-color: color(srgb 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
/ becomes /
.color {
color: rgb(179, 35, 35);
color: color(display-p3 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
:root {
--a-color: rgb(164, 49, 43);
}
@supports (color: color(display-p3 0 0 0%)) {
:root {
--a-color: color(srgb 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
}
`
The enableProgressiveCustomProperties option determines whether the original notation@supports
is wrapped with when used in Custom Properties. By default, it is enabled.
> [!NOTE]
> We only recommend disabling this when you set preserve to false or if you bring your own fix for Custom Properties.
> See what the plugin does in its README.
`js`
postcssColorFunction({ enableProgressiveCustomProperties: false })
`css
.color {
color: color(display-p3 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
:root {
--a-color: color(srgb 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
/ becomes /
.color {
color: rgb(179, 35, 35);
color: color(display-p3 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
:root {
--a-color: rgb(164, 49, 43);
--a-color: color(srgb 0.64331 0.19245 0.16771);
}
`
_Custom properties do not fallback to the previous declaration_
`css``
.color-spaces {
color: color(a98-rgb 0.803 0.484 0.944);
color: color(display-p3 0.8434 0.509 0.934);
color: color(prophoto-rgb 0.759 0.493 0.898);
color: color(rec2020 0.772 0.491 0.920);
color: color(srgb 0.897 0.488 0.959);
color: color(srgb-linear 0.783 0.203 0.910);
color: color(xyz 0.560 0.377 0.904);
color: color(xyz-d50 0.550 0.375 0.680);
color: color(xyz-d65 0.560 0.377 0.904);
}
This software or document includes material copied from or derived from https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/tree/main/css-color-4. Copyright © 2022 W3C® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio, Beihang).
[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#color-function
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@csstools/postcss-color-function
[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Color Function]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-color-function
[CSS Color]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#funcdef-color