JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by RAX7

HTML

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>10</td>
  </tr>
</table>

CSS

td {
  width: 2rem;
  height: 2rem;
  vertical-align: middle;
  text-align: center;
}

tr:nth-last-child(-n + 5) {
  color: #fff;
}

JavaScript

function hexToRGB(h) {
  let r = 0,
    g = 0,
    b = 0;

  // 3 digits
  if (h.length == 4) {
    r = "0x" + h[1] + h[1];
    g = "0x" + h[2] + h[2];
    b = "0x" + h[3] + h[3];

    // 6 digits
  } else if (h.length == 7) {
    r = "0x" + h[1] + h[2];
    g = "0x" + h[3] + h[4];
    b = "0x" + h[5] + h[6];
  }

  return [+r, +g, +b];
}

function RGBToHSL(r, g, b) {
  // Make r, g, and b fractions of 1
  r /= 255;
  g /= 255;
  b /= 255;

  // Find greatest and smallest channel values
  let cmin = Math.min(r, g, b),
    cmax = Math.max(r, g, b),
    delta = cmax - cmin,
    h = 0,
    s = 0,
    l = 0;
  // Calculate hue
  // No difference
  if (delta == 0)
    h = 0;
  // Red is max
  else if (cmax == r)
    h = ((g - b) / delta) % 6;
  // Green is max
  else if (cmax == g)
    h = (b - r) / delta + 2;
  // Blue is max
  else
    h = (r - g) / delta + 4;

  h = Math.round(h * 60);

  // Make negative hues positive behind 360°
  if (h < 0)
    h += 360;

  // Calculate lightness
  l = (cmax + cmin) / 2;

  // Calculate saturation
  s = delta == 0 ? 0 : delta / (1 - Math.abs(2 * l - 1));

  // Multiply l and s by 100
  s = +(s * 100).toFixed(1);
  l = +(l * 100).toFixed(1);

  return [h, s, l];
}

const baseColor = RGBToHSL(...hexToRGB('#d9ead3'));

const cells = document.querySelectorAll('td');

cells.forEach((cell, i, cells) => {
	const l = baseColor[2] - baseColor[2] / cells.length * i;
  cell.textContent = i + 1;
  cell.style.background = `hsl(${baseColor[0]}, ${baseColor[1]}%, ${l}%)`;
});