A customizable Home Assistant card for controlling RGB lights with color presets and actions.
RGB Light Card is a custom Lovelace card for Home Assistant that provides a visual interface for controlling RGB lights. It allows users to define color presets and actions, making it easier to manage smart lighting directly from their dashboard.
Home Assistant users who want a customizable, visual way to control RGB lights and smart lighting groups from their dashboard.
It offers a flexible, visually appealing alternative to default Home Assistant light controls, with support for custom colors, actions, and extensive appearance customization.
💡 A Home Assistant card for RGB lights
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Allows defining custom colors with RGB/HS values, brightness, and transitions, using any parameter from the light.turn_on action, as detailed in the color options section.
Supports custom actions like scripts, scenes, and notifications, enabling integration beyond light control, as demonstrated in the 'Performing Actions' examples.
Offers extensive appearance control with CSS values for icon colors, including gradients and images, evidenced by the icon_color option accepting any valid CSS background property.
Can be used as a standalone card or as a feature within Tile and Entities cards, providing flexibility for different Lovelace dashboard layouts, as shown in the configuration examples.
Requires writing YAML code for setup, which can be complex and error-prone for users not familiar with Home Assistant's configuration system, lacking a GUI configuration editor.
Primarily designed for light entities and groups; while actions extend functionality, it's not optimized for visual control of other device types, limiting broader smart home use.
To use material design icons, users must rely on an external tool to convert them to CSS, adding an extra step and potential maintenance overhead, as mentioned in the 'Material design icons' section.