I need a color converter to convert from hsl to rgb and hex value. I am going to do similar like this. I am using jquery and jquery ui range slider for this. Here is my code:

$(function() {
    $( "#hsl_hue_range" ).slider({
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 0,
        range: false,
        animate:"slow",
        orientation: "horizontal",
        slide: function( event, ui ) {
            var hsl_hue = ui.value;
        }
    });
});

$(function() {
    $( "#hsl_saturation_range" ).slider({
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 0,
        range: false,
        animate:"slow",
        orientation: "horizontal",
        slide: function( event, ui ) {
            var hsl_saturation = ui.value;
        }
    });
});

$(function() {
    $( "#hsl_light_range" ).slider({
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 0,
        range: false,
        animate:"slow",
        orientation: "horizontal",
        slide: function( event, ui ) {
            var hsl_light = ui.value;
        }
    });
});

I want the solution like this:

the input to converter can be given by the variables. like hsl_hue hsl_saturation hsl_light.

Is there any way to do this?
if no way, what can I do?


Solution 1:

New approach (inspired by @Kamil-Kiełczewski solution)
Takes degree, percentage, percentage and returns css hex color:

function hslToHex(h, s, l) {
  l /= 100;
  const a = s * Math.min(l, 1 - l) / 100;
  const f = n => {
    const k = (n + h / 30) % 12;
    const color = l - a * Math.max(Math.min(k - 3, 9 - k, 1), -1);
    return Math.round(255 * color).toString(16).padStart(2, '0');   // convert to Hex and prefix "0" if needed
  };
  return `#${f(0)}${f(8)}${f(4)}`;
}

Example:

hslToHex(360, 100, 50)  // "#ff0000" -> red

Original version: (still OK, just longer)

Takes degree, percentage, percentage and returns css hex color:

function hslToHex(h, s, l) {
  h /= 360;
  s /= 100;
  l /= 100;
  let r, g, b;
  if (s === 0) {
    r = g = b = l; // achromatic
  } else {
    const hue2rgb = (p, q, t) => {
      if (t < 0) t += 1;
      if (t > 1) t -= 1;
      if (t < 1 / 6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
      if (t < 1 / 2) return q;
      if (t < 2 / 3) return p + (q - p) * (2 / 3 - t) * 6;
      return p;
    };
    const q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
    const p = 2 * l - q;
    r = hue2rgb(p, q, h + 1 / 3);
    g = hue2rgb(p, q, h);
    b = hue2rgb(p, q, h - 1 / 3);
  }
  const toHex = x => {
    const hex = Math.round(x * 255).toString(16);
    return hex.length === 1 ? '0' + hex : hex;
  };
  return `#${toHex(r)}${toHex(g)}${toHex(b)}`;
}

Example:

hslToHex(360, 100, 50)  // "#ff0000" -> red

Solution 2:

Shortest

Try this (wiki, error analysis, more: rgb2hsl, hsv2rgb rgb2hsv and hsl2hsv)

// input: h in [0,360] and s,v in [0,1] - output: r,g,b in [0,1]
function hsl2rgb(h,s,l) 
{
  let a= s*Math.min(l,1-l);
  let f= (n,k=(n+h/30)%12) => l - a*Math.max(Math.min(k-3,9-k,1),-1);
  return [f(0),f(8),f(4)];
}   

To calc hsl2hex use rgb2hex(...hsl2rgb(30,1,0.5)). To convert string from format e.g. rgb(255, 255, 255) to hex use rgbStrToHex (which handle empty string case) as follows

// oneliner version
let hsl2rgb = (h,s,l, a=s*Math.min(l,1-l), f= (n,k=(n+h/30)%12) => l - a*Math.max(Math.min(k-3,9-k,1),-1)) => [f(0),f(8),f(4)];

// r,g,b are in [0-1], result e.g. #0812fa.
let rgb2hex = (r,g,b) => "#" + [r,g,b].map(x=>Math.round(x*255).toString(16).padStart(2,0) ).join('');

// hexStr e.g #abcdef, result "rgb(171,205,239)"
let hexStr2rgb  = (hexStr) => `rgb(${hexStr.substr(1).match(/../g).map(x=>+`0x${x}`)})`;

// rgb - color str e.g."rgb(12,233,43)", result color hex e.g. "#0ce92b"
let rgbStrToHex= rgb=> '#'+rgb.match(/\d+/g).map(x=>(+x).toString(16).padStart(2,0)).join``


console.log(`hsl: (30,0.2,0.3) --> rgb: (${hsl2rgb(30,0.2,0.3)}) --> hex: ${rgb2hex(...hsl2rgb(30,0.2,0.3))}`);
console.log(`rgb: ${hexStr2rgb("#ff647b")} --> hex: ${rgbStrToHex("rgb(255,100, 123)")}`)


// ---------------
// UX
// ---------------

rgb= [0,0,0];
hs= [0,0,0];

let $ = x => document.querySelector(x);

function changeRGB(i,e) {
  rgb[i]=e.target.value/255;
  hs = rgb2hsl(...rgb);
  refresh();
}

function changeHS(i,e) {
  hs[i]=e.target.value/(i?255:1);
  rgb= hsl2rgb(...hs);
  refresh();
}

function refresh() {
  rr = rgb.map(x=>x*255|0).join(', ')
  hh = rgb2hex(...rgb);
  tr = `RGB: ${rr}`
  th = `HSL: ${hs.map((x,i)=>i? (x*100).toFixed(2)+'%':x|0).join(', ')}`
  thh= `HEX: ${hh}`
  $('.box').style.backgroundColor=`rgb(${rr})`;  
  $('.infoRGB').innerHTML=`${tr}`;  
  $('.infoHS').innerHTML =`${th}\n${thh}`;  
  
  $('#r').value=rgb[0]*255;
  $('#g').value=rgb[1]*255;
  $('#b').value=rgb[2]*255;
  
  $('#h').value=hs[0];
  $('#s').value=hs[1]*255;
  $('#l').value=hs[2]*255;  
}

function rgb2hsl(r,g,b) {
  let a=Math.max(r,g,b), n=a-Math.min(r,g,b), f=(1-Math.abs(a+a-n-1)); 
  let h= n && ((a==r) ? (g-b)/n : ((a==g) ? 2+(b-r)/n : 4+(r-g)/n)); 
  return [60*(h<0?h+6:h), f ? n/f : 0, (a+a-n)/2];
}

refresh();
.box {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  margin: 20px;
}

body {
    display: flex;
}
<div>
<input id="r" type="range" min="0" max="255" oninput="changeRGB(0,event)">R<br>
<input id="g" type="range" min="0" max="255" oninput="changeRGB(1,event)">G<br>
<input id="b" type="range" min="0" max="255" oninput="changeRGB(2,event)">B<br>
<pre class="infoRGB"></pre>
</div> 

<div>
<div class="box hsl"></div>

</div>

<div>
<input id="h" type="range" min="0" max="360" oninput="changeHS(0,event)">H<br>
<input id="s" type="range" min="0" max="255" oninput="changeHS(1,event)">S<br>
<input id="l" type="range" min="0" max="255" oninput="changeHS(2,event)">L<br>
<pre class="infoHS"></pre><br>
</div>

Solution 3:

HSL to RGB:

/**
     * Converts an HSL color value to RGB. Conversion formula
     * adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_color_space.
     * Assumes h, s, and l are contained in the set [0, 1] and
     * returns r, g, and b in the set [0, 255].
     *
     * @param   {number}  h       The hue
     * @param   {number}  s       The saturation
     * @param   {number}  l       The lightness
     * @return  {Array}           The RGB representation
     */
    function hslToRgb(h, s, l){
        var r, g, b;

        if(s == 0){
            r = g = b = l; // achromatic
        }else{
            var hue2rgb = function hue2rgb(p, q, t){
                if(t < 0) t += 1;
                if(t > 1) t -= 1;
                if(t < 1/6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
                if(t < 1/2) return q;
                if(t < 2/3) return p + (q - p) * (2/3 - t) * 6;
                return p;
            }

            var q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
            var p = 2 * l - q;
            r = hue2rgb(p, q, h + 1/3);
            g = hue2rgb(p, q, h);
            b = hue2rgb(p, q, h - 1/3);
        }

        return [Math.round(r * 255), Math.round(g * 255), Math.round(b * 255)];
    }


You can find more information here - HSL to RGB color conversion