Laurent Baumann

I built a tiny app today!

As a weirdo who likes to use CSS named colors like "hotpink" or "peachpuff", it can be hard to pick the right color in this limited palette. There are not many tools that help you use this palette.

Now you can use https://csscolors.app to find the closest colors to your selection :)

#smallweb #opensource #color #web

CSSColors

Jul 4, 2023 at 6:34amWeb
Show threadmattJul 4, 2023
@Lobau I happen to think your preferred colours are uncomfortably adjacent to ohgawdnooo, 😂, but the app is great 😃, boosting.
Show threadNathan Manceaux-PanotJul 4, 2023
@Lobau When writing the docs for Candybox, an unreleased 2D graphics framework, I made a point to make all sample code legible (i.e. understandable without running it).
So I would always use CSS named colors, instead of inscrutable hex codes; but also tried to make the result pretty imfof when you did the sample code. It was pretty hard finding harmonious palettes and your tool would have helped a lot 😃
Show threaddominikaJul 4, 2023
@Lobau such a cool idea! made me think of this list of colors that read like english words
https://gist.github.com/aileftech/dd4f5598b1f3837651fdf16e5abc3ffb
A Bash one-liner to produce a list of HEX color codes that read like (supposedly) valid English words

A Bash one-liner to produce a list of HEX color codes that read like (supposedly) valid English words - hex-colors.txt

Gist
Show threadMiguelJul 4, 2023
@Lobau Love it! Was taking a look and discovered my new fav color: “LemonChiffon”. Nice!
Show threadAlex HoyauJul 4, 2023
@Lobau nice one!!
Show threadPandanlam 🐙Jul 17, 2023
@Lobau waow! For years, I collect colour names (in French), my favorite is zinzolin, forever. This is a so beautiful work you did!