language_colors

This gem was created as a fast way to get the colors that Github uses to describe languages. returns a string in the form of '#00ff00'.

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Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'language_colors'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install language_colors

lc = LanguageColors::LanguageColors.new
lc.color('C++')
=> "#f34b7d"

The colors are generated from GitHub Linguist's languages.yml. To refresh lib/colors.json with the latest data:

$ rake colors

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/SyedAbuTalib/language_colors. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.