DHTML Color Picker v2.0

DHTML Color Picker v2.0
Free to use on your own projects!

This color picker allows you to create colors with fine detail. You can actually see the changes in <canvas> as you adjust the Hue, Saturation, Value along with the Red, Green, and Blue values. Much more interactive color picker :) Also, the entire package gzipped is only 12k!

Have an idea for this plugin? Download the source files; it’s dual licenced under Creative Commons & GPL, so feel free to use/modify this code on your own project.

JAVASCRIPT

/* DHTML Color Picker : v2.0 : 2008/04/17 */
/* http://www.colorjack.com/software/dhtml+color+picker+2.html */

function $(v,o) { return((typeof(o)=='object'?o:document).getElementById(v)); }
function $S(o) { o=$(o); if(o) return(o.style); }
function $2D(o) { o=$(o); if(o) return(o.getContext('2d')); }
function agent(v) { return(Math.max(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf(v),0)); }
function getTime() { return((new Date()).getTime()); }
function noMove() { if(core.stop) { core.stop=0; document.onmouseup=function(){ document.onmouseup=''; core.stop=1; }; } return false; }
function ob2r(r) { var z=[], j=0; for(var i in r) { z[j++]=Math.round(r[i],2); } return(z); }
function XY(e,v) { var o=agent('msie')?{'X':event.clientX+document.documentElement.scrollLeft,'Y':event.clientY+document.documentElement.scrollTop}:{'X':e.pageX,'Y':e.pageY}; return(v?o[v]:o); }
function zero(n) { return(!isNaN(n=parseFloat(n))?n:0); }
function zindex(d) { d.style.zIndex=zINDEX++; }


/* COLOR PICKER */

Picker={};

/* Mouse */

Picker.core=function(o,e,fu) {

    core.fu(o,e,{fu:core.X, oX:-13.5, X1:0, X2:121, oY:0},fu);

};

Picker.cur=function(n,v,i,m) { var b=Picker[v.toUpperCase()][i], n=Math.max(0,n)/121;

    Picker[v.toLowerCase()][i[0]]=Math.round((1-n)*b);

    Picker.run(i);

};

Picker.pos=function(r,v,i) { var n=r[i[0]]; n=n;

    $S(i+'Cur').left=parseInt((121-(n/Picker[v][i])*121)+10)+'px';

    $(i+'Me').innerHTML=Math.round(n);

};

/* Create */

Picker.mk=function() { var z='', o=$('colorMM');

    var R={'Hue':'HSV', 'Saturation':'HSV', 'Value':'HSV', 'Red':'RGB', 'Green':'RGB', 'Blue':'RGB'};

    for(var i in R) { var v='Picker.core(\''+i+'Cur\',event,function(a,b,m) { Picker.cur(b.X,\''+R[i]+'\',\''+i+'\',m); })';

        z+='<div title="'+i[0].toUpperCase()+i.substr(1)+'">'+
           ' <div class="west" id="'+i+'T">'+i.substr(0,1).toUpperCase()+"<\/div>"+
           ' <span class="east" id="'+i+'Me">'+"<\/span>"+
           ' <div onmousedown="'+v+'" id="'+i+'Cur" class="cur">'+"<\/div>"+
           ' <canvas id="'+i+'" onmousedown="'+v+'" height="18" width="120">'+"<\/canvas><br>"+
           "<\/div>";

    };

    o.innerHTML='<div class="z">'+z+"<\/div>";
    
};

/* Visualizer */

Picker.run=function(m,r) {

    var hsv2rgb=color.HSV_RGB, rgb2hsv=color.RGB_HSV, rgb2hex=color.RGB_HEX, rgba=color.rgba_old;

    if(r) { var r=Picker.rgb={R:r[0], G:r[1], B:r[2], A:r[3]}, h=Picker.hsv=rgb2hsv(Picker.rgb); } else { var r=Picker.rgb, h=Picker.hsv; }

    if(Picker.HSV[m]) { var t=hsv2rgb(h); t.A=r.A; r=Picker.rgb=t; } else if(Picker.RGB[m]) { h=Picker.hsv=rgb2hsv(r); }

    var R={'Hue':[[0,[0,h.S,h.V]], [0.15,[300,h.S,h.V]], [0.30,[240,h.S,h.V]], [0.50,[180,h.S,h.V]], [0.65,[120,h.S,h.V]], [0.85,[60,h.S,h.V]], [1,[0,h.S,h.V]]],
           'Saturation':[[0,[h.H,100,h.V]], [1,[h.H,0,h.V]]],
           'Value':[[0,[h.H,h.S,100]], [1,[h.H,h.S,0]]],
           'Red':[[0,[255,r.G,r.B,r.A]], [1,[0,r.G,r.B,r.A]]],
           'Green':[[0,[r.R,255,r.B,r.A]], [1,[r.R,0,r.B,r.A]]],
           'Blue':[[0,[r.R,r.G,255,r.A]], [1,[r.R,r.G,0,r.A]]]};

    for(var i in R) { var c=$2D(i), g=c.createLinearGradient(0,0,120,18);

        for(var j in R[i]) { var j=R[i][j], k=j[1];
        
            if(Picker.HSV[i]) { k=hsv2rgb({H:k[0], S:k[1], V:k[2]}); }

            g.addColorStop(j[0], 'rgba('+ob2r(Picker.mode(k,isNaN(k.A)?1:0))+')');
            
        };

        var a={X:0,Y:0}, b={X:120,Y:18}; c.beginPath();
        
        c.clearRect(a.X,a.Y,b.X,b.Y);
        
        c.moveTo(a.X,a.Y); c.lineTo(a.X,b.Y); c.lineTo(b.X,b.Y); c.lineTo(b.X,a.Y);

        c.closePath(); c.fillStyle=g; c.fill();

        if(Picker.HSV[i]) { Picker.pos(h,'HSV',i); }
        
        else { Picker.pos(r,'RGB',i); }

    };

    $('HEX').innerHTML=rgb2hex(r);
    
    if(m) $S('plugID').background='#'+rgb2hex(r);

};

/* Data */

Picker.mode=function(r,s) { return(s?r:[r.R,r.G,r.B,r.A]); };

Picker.RGB={Red:255, Green:255, Blue:255};

Picker.HSV={Hue:360, Saturation:100, Value:100};

Picker.rgb={R:255, G:0, B:0, A:1};

Picker.hsv={H:0, S:100, V:100};


/* CORE MOVEMENT */

var oXY={}, cXY={}, zINDEX=2;

core={};

core.stop=1;

core.X=function(o,m,a,x) { a.X=Math.max(x.X1, x.X2?Math.min(x.X2, a.X+x.X1):a.X+x.X1); return(a); };

core.fu=function(o,e,C,F) { if(core.stop) { 

	var oX=parseInt($S(o).left), oY=parseInt($S(o).top), r=XY(e);

    function c(e,m) { r=XY(e); if(C) r=C.fu(o, m, {'X':r.X-oX, 'Y':r.Y-oY}, C); return(r); }
    function f(e,m) { c(e,m); if(F) F(oXY, r, m, e); return(r); }

    if(isNaN(C.oX)) oX=r.X-oX; else oX=oX-C.oX-zero($S(o).left);
    if(isNaN(C.oY)) oY=r.Y-oY; else oY=oY-C.oY-zero($S(o).top);

    core.stop=0; oXY=c(e); cXY=f(e, mXY='down'); core.time=getTime();

    document.onmousemove=function(e){ if(!core.stop) { cXY=f(e, 'move'); } }
    document.onmouseup=function(e){ core.stop=1; document.onmousemove=''; document.onmouseup=''; cXY=f(e, mXY='up'); }; 
    document.onselectstart=function(){ return false; }

} };

core.win=function(o,m,a,x) { a.X=(x.X1?Math.max(a.X,x.X1):a.X); a.Y=(x.Y1?Math.max(a.Y,x.Y1):a.Y);

    if(m=='down') { if(x.z) { zindex($(o)); }; }

    $S(o).left=a.X+'px'; $S(o).top=a.Y+'px';

    return(a);

};


/* COLOR LIBRARY */

color={};

color.HEX=function(o) { o=Math.round(Math.min(Math.max(0,o),255));

    return("0123456789ABCDEF".charAt((o-o%16)/16)+"0123456789ABCDEF".charAt(o%16));
    
};

color.RGB_HEX=function(o) { var fu=color.HEX; return(fu(o.R)+fu(o.G)+fu(o.B)); };

color.RGB_HSV=function(o) { var M=Math.max(o.R,o.G,o.B), delta=M-Math.min(o.R,o.G,o.B), H, S, V;

    if(M!=0) { S=Math.round(delta/M*100);

        if(o.R==M) H=(o.G-o.B)/delta; else if(o.G==M) H=2+(o.B-o.R)/delta; else if(o.B==M) H=4+(o.R-o.G)/delta;

        var H=Math.min(Math.round(H*60),360); if(H<0) H+=360;

    }

    return({'H':H?H:0, 'S':S?S:0, 'V':Math.round((M/255)*100)});

};

color.HSV_RGB=function(o) {
    
    var R, G, A, B, C, S=o.S/100, V=o.V/100, H=o.H/360;

    if(S>0) { if(H>=1) H=0;

        H=6*H; F=H-Math.floor(H);
        A=Math.round(255*V*(1-S));
        B=Math.round(255*V*(1-(S*F)));
        C=Math.round(255*V*(1-(S*(1-F))));
        V=Math.round(255*V); 

        switch(Math.floor(H)) {

            case 0: R=V; G=C; B=A; break;
            case 1: R=B; G=V; B=A; break;
            case 2: R=A; G=V; B=C; break;
            case 3: R=A; G=B; B=V; break;
            case 4: R=C; G=A; B=V; break;
            case 5: R=V; G=A; B=B; break;

        }

        return({'R':R?R:0, 'G':G?G:0, 'B':B?B:0, 'A':1});

    }
    else return({'R':(V=Math.round(V*255)), 'G':V, 'B':V, 'A':1});

};

HTML

<div id="color" class="gui" onmousedown="core.fu(this.id, event, {fu:core.win, Y1:19, z:true});">
 <div class="bounds">
  <div class="TL"></div>
  <div class="TM">
   <span id="HEX" class="TML" title="HEX"></span>
   <div class="TRx"><img onclick="$S('color').display='none'" onmousedown="return(noMove())" src="http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_close.png" title="Close" /></div>
  </div>
  <div class="TR"></div><br />
  <div class="ML"></div>
  <div class="MM" onmousedown="noMove()" id="colorMM"></div>
  <div class="MR"></div><br />
  <div class="BL"></div>
  <div class="BM"></div>
  <div class="BR"></div>
 </div>
</div>

CSS

/* COLOR */

#color .bounds { width: 216px; }
#color .TM, #color .BM { width: 180px }
#color .ML, #color .MR { height: 185px; }
#color .MM { position: relative; color: #111; width: 180px; height: 185px }
#color .TML { cursor: text; padding-top: 2px; font-size: 12px; }
#color .TML:active { cursor: move; }
#color .z canvas { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/op_8x8.gif'); cursor: crosshair; position: relative; border: 1px solid #1f1f1f; left: 5px; float: left; display: inline; margin-top: 10px }
#color .z div { display: inline; }
#color .z div div { position: absolute; left: 20px }
#color .z div .east { position: relative; float: right; top: 14px; left: -3px; font-size: 11px; color: #bbb; display: inline; cursor: text; }
#color .z div .west { width: 10px; position: relative; float: left; top: 14px; font-size: 12px; color: #aaa; left: 6px; letter-spacing: 0.035em; display: inline; }
#color .z div:hover .west, #color .z div:hover .east { color: #FFF; }
#color .z div:active .west, #color .z div:active .east { color: #FFF; font-weight: bold }
#color .z div.cur { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/miniCurr.gif'); opacity: 0.75; width: 9px; height: 9px; display: inline; position: relative; top: 15px; cursor: crosshair; z-index: 1; float: left; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 3px;  }
#color .z div:hover .cur, #color .MM div:active .cur { opacity: 1; }


/* GUI  */

.gui { cursor: move; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 2; line-height: 1em; }
.gui br { CLEAR: both; }
.gui .TL { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_LT.png'); width: 16px; height: 26px; float: left; }
.gui .TM { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_MT.png'); width: 75px; height: 20px; float: left; text-align: center; padding-top: 6px; color: #fff; font-size: 13px; font-variant: small-caps }
.gui .TML { float: left; z-index: 10; }
.gui .TRx { float: right; padding: 2px 0 0 1px; -moz-user-select: none; -khtml-user-select: none; user-select: none; }
.gui .TRx img { float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 6px; height: 12px; width: 12px; position: relative; top: 1px; opacity: 0.5; cursor: pointer }
.gui .TRx img:hover { opacity: 1; }
.gui .TRx div { width: 1px; background: #1a1a1a; height: 13px; float: left; margin: 1px 0 0 0; opacity: 0.5; display: none; }
.gui .TR { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_RT.png'); width: 16px; height: 26px; float: left; }
.gui .ML { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_LM.png'); float: left; width: 16px; height: 257px; }
.gui .MM { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_MM.png'); float: left; width: 75px; cursor: default; -moz-user-select: none; -khtml-user-select: none; user-select: none; }
.gui .MR { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_RM.png'); float: left; width: 16px; height: 257px; }
.gui .BL { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_LB.png') 0 -22px; float: left; width: 16px; height: 20px; }
.gui .BM { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_MB.png') 0 -22px; float: left; width: 75px; height: 20px; }
.gui .BR { background: url('http://www.colorjack.com/software/media/win_RB.png') -16px -22px; float: left; width: 16px; height: 20px; }

Open Source:

DHTML Color Sphere, DHTML Color Picker, Color Blindness, Color Conversions and Color Matrix