Claritas - my first hex package

Yesterday I published Claritas - my first hex package! The idea for the package came when I worked on some task and needed dynamically generate a heatmap where the more intensive colour, the higher value of given scale in the heatmap. I used CSS for that, but I though that a pure solution in Elixir would make the code much cleaner. Here it is:

Installation

The package can be installed by adding claritas to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:claritas, "~> 0.1.1"}
  ]
end

and running mix deps.get in your console to fetch from Hex.

Basic Usage

positive values are lightening the color

iex> Claritas.shift("#f06d06", 30)
{:ok, "#FF8B24"}

negative values are darkening the color

iex> Claritas.shift("#f06d06", -30)
{:ok, "#D24F00"}

Dynamically increase/decrease brightness of your colors.

def index(conn, _params) do
  shades =
    for i <- 1..20, into: [] do
      Claritas.shift("#141C5B", 10 * i)
    end

  render(conn, "index.html", shades: shades)
end

<ul>
  <%= for {_, shade} <- @shades do %>
    <li><span style='background-color: <%= shade %>'><%= shade %></span></li>
  <% end %>
</ul>

As you see it’s a simple way to manipulate shades of colors: