import Colour from "color";

const WHITE_RGB = "#ffffff";
const BLACK_RGB = "#000000";

// Return either white or black to indicate which would provide the best contrast to the provided rgb colour.
// See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3942878/how-to-decide-font-color-in-white-or-black-depending-on-background-color/3943023#3943023
export function chooseHighestContrastColour(
	foreRgb: string,
	foreAlpha = 1.0,
	backRgb = WHITE_RGB
): string {
	const foreColour = Colour(foreRgb).alpha(foreAlpha);
	const backColour = Colour(backRgb);

	const blendColour = Colour({
		b: foreColour.blue() * foreAlpha + backColour.blue() * (1.0 - foreAlpha),
		g: foreColour.green() * foreAlpha + backColour.green() * (1.0 - foreAlpha),
		r: foreColour.red() * foreAlpha + backColour.red() * (1.0 - foreAlpha),
	});

	const luminosity = blendColour.luminosity();

	return luminosity > 0.179 ? BLACK_RGB : WHITE_RGB;
}