JavaScript function to return “n” shades of a given color from (dark to light)

Question

I would like to get the color range of the specific color for generating tag cloud.

Say that user has entered some color with RGB/HHHHHH values then I woul

Answer 1

You want to operate on saturation and value, convert rgb to hsv first and then it is very easy.

Code: http://mjijackson.com/2008/02/rgb-to-hsl-and-rgb-to-hsv-color-model-conversion-algorithms-in-javascript

Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV