@uxf/styles

Low-level, framework-agnostic styling helpers: color mixing, CSS unit conversion, responsive media-query strings, CSS-in-JS property builders, an sr-only style object, and shared CSS unit types.

When to use

Reach for @uxf/styles when you need small, pure helpers that produce CSS values or media-query strings in TypeScript/CSS-in-JS code (used internally by @uxf/ui and by app styling). Every helper is a plain function or object that returns a string/number/object.

It is not a component library and ships no stylesheet, global CSS, or Tailwind preset — only compiled JS and type declarations. It peer-depends on @uxf/core for a few utilities.

Installation

yarn add @uxf/styles

@uxf/core is a required peer dependency; color2k is bundled as a regular dependency. There is no CSS to import and no provider to set up.

Quick start

Import from the exact subpath (there is no package-root entry — see Gotchas):

import { rem } from "@uxf/styles/units/rem";
import { mqMin } from "@uxf/styles/responsive/mq-min";

const styles = {
    padding: rem(16), // "1rem"
    [`@media ${mqMin(768)}`]: {
        // "(min-width: 48em)"
        padding: rem(24), // "1.5rem"
    },
};

Color

shade and tint

• extend features of color2k library
• returns HEX string with mix of provided color and specified amount of black (shade) or white (tint)

import { shade } from "@uxf/styles/color/shade";

const darker = shade("#f00", 0.1);

import { tint } from "@uxf/styles/color/tint";

const lighter = tint("#f00", 0.1);

Mixins

srOnly

• a JS object (React CSSProperties) with CSS to hide an element from all devices except screen readers
• apply it as an inline style / spread it — it is not a CSS class

import { srOnly } from "@uxf/styles/mixins/sr-only";

const example = <div style={srOnly} />;

Properties

columnsToPercent

• returns css calc() value with relative width of provided number of columns in provided total columns (default is 12) compensated by an optionally provided gutter (default 0, in pixels)

import { columnsToPercent } from "@uxf/styles/properties/columns-to-percent";

const example = columnsToPercent(4, 12, 24);
/* returns "calc((100% + 1.5rem) / 12 * 4)" */

encodedSvgUrl

• returns css url() value of an encoded version of provided svg

import { encodedSvgUrl } from "@uxf/styles/properties/encoded-svg-url";

const example = encodedSvgUrl(`<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path fill="currentColor" d="0 20 20 0" /></svg>`);

repeatGridColumns

• returns css repeat() value of provided number of columns and size (default "1fr")
• returns null when count is falsy

import { repeatGridColumns } from "@uxf/styles/properties/repeat-grid-columns";

const example = repeatGridColumns(6, "1fr"); /* returns "repeat(6, 1fr)" */

transition

• returns css transition property for specified property or an array of properties
• accepts a keyof CSSProperties value (or array); defaults: duration = 400 (ms), easing = "ease-in-out"

import { transition } from "@uxf/styles/properties/transition";

const example = transition(["color", "transform"], 400, "ease-in-out");
/* returns "color 400ms ease-in-out, transform 400ms ease-in-out" */

Responsive

string media queries: mqBetween, mqHiDpi, mqMax, mqMin

import { mqBetween } from "@uxf/styles/responsive/mq-between";

const example = mqBetween(320, 480);
/* returns "(min-width: 20em) and (max-width: 29.9375em)" */

import { mqHiDpi } from "@uxf/styles/responsive/mq-hidpi";

const example = mqHiDpi(3);
/* returns hidpi media query string for DPR 3.0 (default ratio is 2) */

window.matchMedia().matches media queries: matchBetween, matchHidpi, matchMax, matchMin

• each returns a boolean; on the server (no window) they return false

import { matchBetween } from "@uxf/styles/responsive/match-between";

const example = matchBetween(320, 480); /* returns boolean */

import { matchHidpi } from "@uxf/styles/responsive/match-hidpi";

const example = matchHidpi(3); /* returns boolean */

Units

em and rem

• returns string value divided by specified base (default 16); 0 returns the string "0"

import { em } from "@uxf/styles/units/em";

const example1 = em(320); /* returns "20em" */
const example2 = em(320, 10); /* returns "32em" */

import { rem } from "@uxf/styles/units/rem";

const example1 = rem(320); /* returns "20rem" */
const example2 = rem(320, 10); /* returns "32rem" */

emToPx and remToPx

• parse em or rem units to pixels (always returns number) by specified base (default 16)
• the string "0" is also accepted and returns 0
• throws an error for any other invalid input

import { emToPx } from "@uxf/styles/units/em-to-px";

const example1 = emToPx("20em"); /* 320 */
const example2 = emToPx("20em", 10); /* 200 */
const example3 = emToPx("0"); /* 0 */
// emToPx("20rem") — throws error: Invalid value

import { remToPx } from "@uxf/styles/units/rem-to-px";

const example1 = remToPx("20rem"); /* 320 */
const example2 = remToPx("20rem", 10); /* 200 */
const example3 = remToPx("0"); /* 0 */
// remToPx("20%") — throws error: Invalid value

formatCssValue

• returns a normalized css value: numbers become rem (or a plain string when 0 or forceString), non-empty strings pass through, anything else returns null

import { formatCssValue } from "@uxf/styles/units/format-css-value";

const example1 = formatCssValue(0); /* returns "0" */
const example2 = formatCssValue(24); /* returns "1.5rem" */
const example3 = formatCssValue("100%"); /* returns "100%" */
const example4 = formatCssValue(1, true); /* returns "1" */

percent

• returns float of percentage of provided number in provided max value (default 100) with provided precision (default 2)

import { percent } from "@uxf/styles/units/percent";

const example = percent(54.874, 80, 2); /* returns 68.59 */

spacing

Deprecated — this function will be deleted in future versions.

• returns input multiplied by given factor (default 8)

import { spacing } from "@uxf/styles/units/spacing";

const example = spacing(4); /* returns 32 */

withUnit

• returns literal of input with the given CSS unit

import { withUnit } from "@uxf/styles/units/with-unit";

const example = withUnit(80, "vh"); /* returns "80vh" */

Types

Shared, typed CSS units and helper types, all exported from @uxf/styles/types:

import type { CssUnits, TransitionProperties } from "@uxf/styles/types";

Type	Description
CssTimeUnits	"ms" | "s"
CssAbsoluteLengthsUnits	absolute length/angle units (cm, mm, in, px, pt, pc, deg, rad)
CssRelativeLengthsUnits	relative units (em, ex, ch, rem, vw, vh, vmin, vmax, %)
CssUnits	union of all of the above (accepted by withUnit)
TransitionProperty	keyof CSSProperties
TransitionProperties	TransitionProperty | TransitionProperty[] (accepted by transition)

Gotchas

• Deep imports only. There is no package-root entry (no index), so a bare import … from "@uxf/styles" does not resolve. Always import from the exact subpath, e.g. @uxf/styles/units/rem.
• No exports map. Subpaths resolve by filesystem, so a path must match the on-disk file exactly — note it is color (singular) and match-hidpi.
• Casing mismatch to watch. The media-query string builder is mqHiDpi (capital D), but the boolean matcher is matchHidpi (lowercase d).
• Ships no CSS. Only compiled JS/JSX and .d.ts files are published (see .npmignore); there is no stylesheet, global CSS, or Tailwind preset to import.
• srOnly is a JS object, not a class — apply it via style={srOnly} or by spreading, not className.
• match* helpers are client-only in effect. They read window.matchMedia and return false on the server (guarded by @uxf/core's isBrowser), so they are SSR-safe but never true during server render.
• emToPx / remToPx throw on any input that is not a matching em / rem string or the string "0".
• @uxf/core is a required peer dependency.