Hello wizards, I hope you are doing great. Today in this blog you’ll learn how to create the "Random Color Palette Generator" project using HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
Preview
In the above video, you’ve seen the preview of the "Random Color Palette Generator" project and I hope now you are able to create this type of project. If not, I have provided all the HTML CSS, and JavaScript code below.
Random Color Palette Generator [Source Code]
To get the following HTML, CSS & JS code for the Random Color Palette Generator project. You need to create three files one is an HTML file, the second one is a CSS file and another one is a JS file. After creating these three files then you can copy-paste the given codes on your document.
Remember, you’ve to create a file with a .html extension for HTML code, a .css extension for CSS code, and .js for JavaScript code.
You can also download all source code files from the given download button.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Random Color Palette Generator</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Random Color Palette Generator</h1>
<div class="container"></div>
<button class="refreshBtn">Refresh</button>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
CSS
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@100;200;300;400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap");
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}
body {
background-color: lightgreen;
max-width: 1200px;
margin: 10px auto;
padding: 10px;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
}
h1 {
margin-bottom: 10px;
font-weight: 600;
text-transform: uppercase;
word-spacing: 6px;
letter-spacing: 1px;
}
.container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: center;
gap: 20px;
}
.colorContainer {
padding: 10px;
background-color: white;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.colorBox {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
background-color: black;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.codeBox {
font-size: 24px;
margin-top: 10px;
text-align: center;
}
.refreshBtn {
width: 150px;
height: 50px;
margin-top: 20px;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 500;
letter-spacing: 3px;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: black;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
border-radius: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.refreshBtn:hover {
color: white;
background-color: black;
}
.refreshBtn:active {
transform: scale(0.95);
}
JavaScript
const containerEl = document.querySelector(".container");
const refreshBtnEl = document.querySelector(".refreshBtn");
const totalColorBoxes = 10; //you can can give any number of coloBoxes to generate.
function generateColorPalette(){
// Whenever this function executes the container starts with empty color boxes.
containerEl.innerHTML = "";
// This generates totalColorBoxes
for (let i = 0; i < totalColorBoxes; i++) {
// Random hex color code will be generated
let hexColorCode = Math.floor(Math.random() * 0xffffff).toString(16);
hexColorCode = `#${hexColorCode}`;
// created a colorContainer in which we have added colorBox and codeBox elements.
const colorContainerEl = document.createElement("div");
colorContainerEl.classList.add("colorContainer");
colorContainerEl.innerHTML = `<div class="colorBox" style="background: ${hexColorCode}"></div>
<p class="codeBox">${hexColorCode}</p>`;
// It adds onClick event to every colorContainer we have created.
colorContainerEl.addEventListener("click", () => copyColor(colorContainerEl, hexColorCode));
// we are adding all the created colorContainer to container
containerEl.appendChild(colorContainerEl);
}
}
function copyColor(colorContainerEl, hexColorCode){
const colorBoxEl = colorContainerEl.querySelector(".codeBox");
// It will copy the code to clipboard or else it shows alert message.
try{
navigator.clipboard.writeText(hexColorCode)
colorBoxEl.innerText = "Copied";
setTimeout(() => {
colorBoxEl.innerText = hexColorCode
}, 1000)
}catch(e){
alert("Failed to copy the color code!");
}
}
// At load time it automatically calls the generateColorPalette function.
generateColorPalette();
// when we click on refresh button it calls the generateColorPalette function.
generateColorPalette();
refreshBtnEl.addEventListener("click", generateColorPalette);
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