pastel
Generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors.
TLDR
Convert colors from one format to another. Here from RGB to HSL
Show and analyze colors on the terminal
Pick a color from somewhere on the screen
Generate a set of N visually distinct colors
Get a list of all X11/CSS color names
Help
pastel 0.8.1
A command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors
USAGE:
pastel [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS:
-m, --color-mode
Specify the terminal color mode: 24bit, 8bit, off, *auto*
-f, --force-color
Alias for --mode=24bit
--color-picker
Use a specific tool to pick the colors [possible values: gpick, xcolor, grabc,
colorpicker, chameleon, kcolorchooser]
-h, --help
Prints help information
-V, --version
Prints version information
SUBCOMMANDS:
color Display information about the given color
list Show a list of available color names
random Generate a list of random colors
distinct Generate a set of visually distinct colors
sort-by Sort colors by the given property
pick Interactively pick a color from the screen (pipette)
format Convert a color to the given format
paint Print colored text using ANSI escape sequences
gradient Generate an interpolating sequence of colors
mix Mix two colors in the given colorspace
colorblind Simulate a color under a certain colorblindness profile
set Set a color property to a specific value
saturate Increase color saturation by a specified amount
desaturate Decrease color saturation by a specified amount
lighten Lighten color by a specified amount
darken Darken color by a specified amount
rotate Rotate the hue channel by the specified angle
complement Get the complementary color (hue rotated by 180°)
gray Create a gray tone from a given lightness
to-gray Completely desaturate a color (preserving luminance)
textcolor Get a readable text color for the given background color
help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
