Use the color-mix function in CSS
npm install @csstools/postcss-color-mix-functionnpm install @csstools/postcss-color-mix-function --save-dev
[PostCSS Color Mix Function] lets you use the color-mix() function following the [CSS Color 5 Specification].
``css
.purple_plum {
color: color-mix(in lch, purple 50%, plum 50%);
}
/ becomes /
.purple_plum {
color: rgb(175, 92, 174);
}
`
> [!NOTE]
> We can not dynamically resolve var() arguments in color-mix(), only static values will work.
Add [PostCSS Color Mix Function] to your project:
`bash`
npm install postcss @csstools/postcss-color-mix-function --save-dev
Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:
`js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssColorMixFunction = require('@csstools/postcss-color-mix-function');
postcss([
postcssColorMixFunction(/ pluginOptions /)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /, processOptions /);
`
The preserve option determines whether the original notation
is preserved. By default, it is not preserved.
`js`
postcssColorMixFunction({ preserve: true })
`css
.purple_plum {
color: color-mix(in lch, purple 50%, plum 50%);
}
/ becomes /
.purple_plum {
color: rgb(175, 92, 174);
color: color-mix(in lch, purple 50%, plum 50%);
}
``
[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#color-mix
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@csstools/postcss-color-mix-function
[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Color Mix Function]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-color-mix-function
[CSS Color 5 Specification]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-5/#color-mix