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+> NOTE: this project is currently on **[hiatus](https://github.com/jaames/iro.js/issues/217#issuecomment-1214403290)** until further notice, as working on open source projects is becoming unsustainable for the maintainer.
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 ## Features
 
  * Work with colors in hex, RGB, HSV and HSL formats (plus kelvin temperatures!) in one simple, frictionless API