FreesearchR/reference/contrast_text.md

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# Contrast Text Color
Calculates the best contrast text color for a given background color.
## Usage
``` r
contrast_text(
background,
light_text = "white",
dark_text = "black",
threshold = 0.5,
method = "perceived_2",
...
)
```
## Arguments
- background:
A hex/named color value that represents the background.
- light_text:
A hex/named color value that represents the light text color.
- dark_text:
A hex/named color value that represents the dark text color.
- threshold:
A numeric value between 0 and 1 that is used to determine the
luminance threshold of the background color for text color.
- method:
A character string that specifies the method for calculating the
luminance. Three different methods are available:
c("relative","perceived","perceived_2")
- ...:
parameter overflow. Ignored.
## Value
A character string that contains the best contrast text color.
## Details
This function aids in deciding the font color to print on a given
background. The function is based on the example provided by teppo:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/66669838/21019325. The different methods
provided are based on the methods outlined in the StackOverflow thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/596216/formula-to-determine-perceived-brightness-of-rgb-color
## Examples
``` r
contrast_text(c("#F2F2F2", "blue"))
#> [1] "black" "white"
contrast_text(c("#F2F2F2", "blue"), method="relative")
#> [1] "black" "white"
```