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HTML

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full range
<ul id='list-1'></ul>
    
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all below 0.5 is bad
<ul id='list-2'></ul>

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all above 0.6 is ok
<ul id='list-3'></ul>

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all below 0.3 is red, all above 0.8 is green
<ul id='list-4'></ul>

CSS

li {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    margin: 2px;
}
hr {
    clear: both;
}

JavaScript

/**
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353211/hsl-to-rgb-color-conversion
 *
 * Converts an HSL color value to RGB. Conversion formula
 * adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_color_space.
 * Assumes h, s, and l are contained in the set [0, 1] and
 * returns r, g, and b in the set [0, 255].
 *
 * @param   Number  h       The hue
 * @param   Number  s       The saturation
 * @param   Number  l       The lightness
 * @return  Array           The RGB representation
 */
function hslToRgb(h, s, l){
    var r, g, b;

    if(s == 0){
        r = g = b = l; // achromatic
    }else{
        function hue2rgb(p, q, t){
            if(t < 0) t += 1;
            if(t > 1) t -= 1;
            if(t < 1/6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
            if(t < 1/2) return q;
            if(t < 2/3) return p + (q - p) * (2/3 - t) * 6;
            return p;
        }

        var q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
        var p = 2 * l - q;
        r = hue2rgb(p, q, h + 1/3);
        g = hue2rgb(p, q, h);
        b = hue2rgb(p, q, h - 1/3);
    }

    return [Math.floor(r * 255), Math.floor(g * 255), Math.floor(b * 255)];
}

/**
 * Convert a number to a color using hsl, with range definition.
 * Example: if min/max are 0/1, and i is 0.75, the color is closer to green.
 * Example: if min/max are 0.5/1, and i is 0.75, the color is in the middle between red and green.
 * @param i (floating point, range 0 to 1)
 * param min (floating point, range 0 to 1, all i at and below this is red)
 * param max (floating point, range 0 to 1, all i at and above this is green)
 */
function numberToColorHsl(i, min, max) {
    var ratio = i;
    if (min> 0 || max < 1) {
        if (i < min) {
            ratio = 0;
        } else if (i > max) {
            ratio = 1;
        } else {
            var range = max - min;
            ratio = (i-min) / range;
        }
    }
    
    // as the function expects a value between 0 and 1, and red = 0° and green = 120°
    // we convert the input to...