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how to get contrast from a color using js

function invertColor(hex, bw) {
    if (hex.indexOf('#') === 0) {
        hex = hex.slice(1);
    }
    // convert 3-digit hex to 6-digits.
    if (hex.length === 3) {
        hex = hex[0] + hex[0] + hex[1] + hex[1] + hex[2] + hex[2];
    }
    if (hex.length !== 6) {
        throw new Error('Invalid HEX color.');
    }
    var r = parseInt(hex.slice(0, 2), 16),
        g = parseInt(hex.slice(2, 4), 16),
        b = parseInt(hex.slice(4, 6), 16);
    if (bw) {
        // http://stackoverflow.com/a/3943023/112731
        return (r * 0.299 + g * 0.587 + b * 0.114) > 186
            ? '#000000'
            : '#FFFFFF';
    }
    // invert color components
    r = (255 - r).toString(16);
    g = (255 - g).toString(16);
    b = (255 - b).toString(16);
    // pad each with zeros and return
    return "#" + padZero(r) + padZero(g) + padZero(b);
}

js color contrast ratio

function luminance(r, g, b) {
    var a = [r, g, b].map(function (v) {
        v /= 255;
        return v <= 0.03928
            ? v / 12.92
            : Math.pow( (v + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4 );
    });
    return a[0] * 0.2126 + a[1] * 0.7152 + a[2] * 0.0722;
}
function contrast(rgb1, rgb2) {
    var lum1 = luminance(rgb1[0], rgb1[1], rgb1[2]);
    var lum2 = luminance(rgb2[0], rgb2[1], rgb2[2]);
    var brightest = Math.max(lum1, lum2);
    var darkest = Math.min(lum1, lum2);
    return (brightest + 0.05)
         / (darkest + 0.05);
}
contrast([255, 255, 255], [255, 255, 0]); // 1.074 for yellow
contrast([255, 255, 255], [0, 0, 255]); // 8.592 for blue
// minimal recommended contrast ratio is 4.5, or 3 for larger font-sizes