Get similar color from a predefined sprectrum @link http://stackoverflow.com/a/8575671

getSimilarColor.js

function getSimilarColor ( color ) {
    var base_colors=["660000","990000","cc0000","cc3333","ea4c88","993399","663399","333399","0066cc","0099cc","66cccc","77cc33","669900","336600","666600","999900","cccc33","ffff00","ffcc33","ff9900","ff6600","cc6633","996633","663300","000000","999999","cccccc","ffffff"];

    //Convert to RGB, then R, G, B
    var color_rgb = hex2rgb(color);
    var color_r = color_rgb.split(',')[0];
    var color_g = color_rgb.split(',')[1];
    var color_b = color_rgb.split(',')[2];

    //Create an emtyp array for the difference betwwen the colors
    var differenceArray=[];

    //Function to find the smallest value in an array
    Array.min = function( array ){
           return Math.min.apply( Math, array );
    };


    //Convert the HEX color in the array to RGB colors, split them up to R-G-B, then find out the difference between the "color" and the colors in the array
    $.each(base_colors, function(index, value) { 
        var base_color_rgb = hex2rgb(value);
        var base_colors_r = base_color_rgb.split(',')[0];
        var base_colors_g = base_color_rgb.split(',')[1];
        var base_colors_b = base_color_rgb.split(',')[2];

        //Add the difference to the differenceArray
        differenceArray.push(Math.sqrt((color_r-base_colors_r)*(color_r-base_colors_r)+(color_g-base_colors_g)*(color_g-base_colors_g)+(color_b-base_colors_b)*(color_b-base_colors_b)));
    });

    //Get the lowest number from the differenceArray
    var lowest = Array.min(differenceArray);

    //Get the index for that lowest number
    var index = differenceArray.indexOf(lowest);

    //Function to convert HEX to RGB
    function hex2rgb( colour ) {
        var r,g,b;
        if ( colour.charAt(0) == '#' ) {
            colour = colour.substr(1);
        }

        r = colour.charAt(0) + colour.charAt(1);
        g = colour.charAt(2) + colour.charAt(3);
        b = colour.charAt(4) + colour.charAt(5);

        r = parseInt( r,16 );
        g = parseInt( g,16 );
        b = parseInt( b ,16);
        return r+','+g+','+b;
    }

    //Return the HEX code
    return base_colors[index];
}