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Future of Colors

Dima Semyushkin Dima Semyushkin
Thu
7
May
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Color has been one of the common means of visual expression on the web since its inception, but the usual mental model around it is outdated.

I’ll start with a comparison of color models, RGB/HSL/HSV vs LAB/LCH vs OKLAB/OKLCH/ICtCp.

I’ll talk about benefits and limitations of using wide gamut colors on the web (think Display P3), nuances of using them in CSS, SVG and Canvas.

On a practical side, I also want to mention modern color manipulation libraries and their benefits over legacy solutions.

We’ll touch topics of generative palette building, color mixing and as a bonus — brightness manipulation available on modern devices (XDR/Ultra HDR) using web technologies.