A JavaScript library that generates palettes of visually distinct colors, optimized for charts and data visualization.
Distinct Colors is a JavaScript library that generates palettes of visually distinct colors, returning them as chroma-js objects. It solves the problem of creating color sets that are easily distinguishable, which is essential for charts, graphs, and data visualizations where clarity is critical.
Frontend developers and data visualization engineers who need to programmatically generate distinct color palettes for applications like dashboards, charts, and maps.
Developers choose Distinct Colors for its high configurability, speed optimizations, and direct integration with chroma-js, offering fine-grained control over hue, chroma, and lightness ranges to create tailored palettes efficiently.
Generate a palette of visually distinct colors. It's great for charts.
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Offers precise control over hue, chroma, and lightness ranges, allowing developers to tailor palettes for specific visual contexts, as shown in the configurable options table.
Built with speed in mind, using optimized algorithms from the I want hue rewrite, making it efficient for generating palettes in performance-sensitive applications.
Provides a straightforward API with optional configuration, enabling quick integration without unnecessary complexity, as demonstrated in the getting started example.
Returns chroma-js objects, giving users access to advanced color manipulation methods for further processing, though this adds a dependency.
Requires chroma-js as a peer dependency, increasing bundle size and complexity for projects not already using this library.
Focuses solely on visual distinctiveness without built-in tools for color blindness simulation or contrast ratio checks, requiring manual validation for accessibility.
With numerous options like quality and samples, users may need trial and error to achieve optimal results, lacking presets or guides for common scenarios.