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{"pageProps":{"metadata":{"date":"\"2020-11-05 17:21:58 +08:00\"","date_modified":"\"2021-05-04 20:52:06 +08:00\"","language":"en","source":""},"title":"Generate a color scheme based from a single color","hast":{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"nav","properties":{"className":"toc"},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"ol","properties":{"className":"toc-level toc-level-1"},"children":[]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2020-09-19-18-43-07"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Generating human-friendly color schemes"}]},{"type":"text","value":" has always been a disaster (for me) to figure out especially with no cursory knowledge whatsoever on color theory.\nSo I've been thinking how to do such thing with the result that doesn't make gouge my eyes out.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Thus, for the solution, we'll include 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generator.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"If the given color is bright, it should create a light theme.\n"}]}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Here's the procedure for the color sections.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"ul","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"For "},{"type":"element","tagName":"code","properties":{"className":["inline-code"]},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"base00"}]},{"type":"text","value":", invert the lightness of the color by "},{"type":"element","tagName":"span","properties":{"className":["math","math-inline"]},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"\\("},{"type":"text","value":"\\pm20"},{"type":"text","value":"\\)"}]},{"type":"text","value":" (e.g., 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