{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/13"},{"label":"Dynamic Content","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http-dynamic-content/2"},{"label":"HTML","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing-markup-html"},{"label":"Filters","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing-filters"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"ColorAide is a pure Python library for creating, converting, and manipulating colors across many color spaces with support for modern CSS color syntax and utilities like mixing, interpolation, and gamut mapping.","skillfed_tags":["color-science","css-colors","accessibility"],"use_cases":["Convert colors between CSS and non-CSS color spaces for design or data visualization applications.","Generate accessible color palettes by mixing colors in perceptually uniform spaces and checking contrast ratios.","Simulate color vision deficiency to test design accessibility for users with color blindness.","Interpolate between colors in perceptually meaningful spaces for smooth gradients or animations.","Parse and manipulate CSS color syntax programmatically in web scraping or template generation tools."],"what_it_does":"ColorAide is a pure Python object-oriented color library that lets you create colors from CSS syntax, convert them between color spaces (RGB, HSL, LCH, and many others), and perform operations like mixing, interpolation, and gamut mapping. It emphasizes accuracy and proper round-tripping of color values, supporting both modern CSS color spaces and legacy formats. The library includes utilities for color vision deficiency simulation, correlated color temperature, color distancing, and blending, plus a plugin API to extend its capabilities.\n\nYou'd use ColorAide when you need programmatic color manipulation in Python\u2014whether building design tools, generating color palettes, ensuring color accessibility, or working with web-based color specifications. It handles the mathematical complexity of color space conversions so you can work with colors at a higher level of abstraction.","worth_installing":"Yes. ColorAide is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive MIT license, and solves a real problem\u2014accurate, standards-compliant color manipulation in Python. It's well-suited for design tools, accessibility testing, data visualization, and any project needing robust color handling. No known vulnerabilities."},"id":"coloraide","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/coloraide","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/coloraide.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/coloraide/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-10","license_spdx":"MIT","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"coloraide","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A color library for Python."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":321621,"position":7621,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"8.11.1"}