Produces a linear blend of the color with white or black.
Usage
lighten_color(color_hex, strength = 0.7)
darken_color(color_hex, strength = 0.8)
Arguments
- color_hex
A character string representing a hex color
- strength
The "strength" of the blend with white or black,
where 0 is entirely the original color and 1 is entirely white
(lighten_color()) or black (darken_color()).
Value
A character string with the lightened or darkened color in
hexadecimal format.
Examples
blue <- "#0e6ba8"
blue_light <- lighten_color(blue, strength = 0.33)
blue_dark <- darken_color(blue, strength = 0.33)
if (requireNamespace("scales", quietly = TRUE)) {
scales::show_col(c(blue_light, blue, blue_dark))
}
