The **nearest-color** library lets developers supply a palette of named hex colors and then quickly retrieve the palette entry that is closest to any given input color. It works by converting colors to RGB space and performing a simple linear (naïve) nearest‑neighbor search, returning the matching name, hex value, RGB components and distance. This lightweight tool is aimed at JavaScript/Node.js developers who need fast color‑matching for tasks such as theming, UI design, or image analysis.