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w3core / brightnessByColor.js
Created December 8, 2016 08:52
Calculate brightness value by RGB or HEX color
/**
* Calculate brightness value by RGB or HEX color.
* @param color (String) The color value in RGB or HEX (for example: #000000 || #000 || rgb(0,0,0) || rgba(0,0,0,0))
* @returns (Number) The brightness value (dark) 0 ... 255 (light)
*/
function brightnessByColor (color) {
var color = "" + color, isHEX = color.indexOf("#") == 0, isRGB = color.indexOf("rgb") == 0;
if (isHEX) {
var m = color.substr(1).match(color.length == 7 ? /(\S{2})/g : /(\S{1})/g);
if (m) var r = parseInt(m[0], 16), g = parseInt(m[1], 16), b = parseInt(m[2], 16);