RGB to hex and hex to RGB

Question

How to convert colors in RGB format to hex format and vice versa?

For example, convert '#0080C0' to (0, 128, 192).

Answer 1

Note: both versions of rgbToHex expect integer values for r, g and b, so you'll need to do your own rounding if you have non-integer values.

The following will do to the RGB to hex conversion and add any required zero padding:

function componentToHex(c) {
  var hex = c.toString(16);
  return hex.length == 1 ? "0" + hex : hex;
}

function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
  return "#" + componentToHex(r) + componentToHex(g) + componentToHex(b);
}

alert(rgbToHex(0, 51, 255)); // #0033ff

Converting the other way:

function hexToRgb(hex) {
  var result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex);
  return result ? {
    r: parseInt(result[1], 16),
    g: parseInt(result[2], 16),
    b: parseInt(result[3], 16)
  } : null;
}

alert(hexToRgb("#0033ff").g); // "51";

Finally, an alternative version of rgbToHex(), as discussed in @casablanca's answer and suggested in the comments by @cwolves:

function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
  return "#" + (1 << 24 | r << 16 | g << 8 | b).toString(16).slice(1);
}

alert(rgbToHex(0, 51, 255)); // #0033ff

Update 3 December 2012

Here's a version of hexToRgb() that also parses a shorthand hex triplet such as "#03F":

function hexToRgb(hex) {
  // Expand shorthand form (e.g. "03F") to full form (e.g. "0033FF")
  var shorthandRegex = /^#?([a-f\d])([a-f\d])([a-f\d])$/i;
  hex = hex.replace(shorthandRegex, function(m, r, g, b) {
    return r + r + g + g + b + b;
  });

  var result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex);
  return result ? {
    r: parseInt(result[1], 16),
    g: parseInt(result[2], 16),
    b: parseInt(result[3], 16)
  } : null;
}

alert(hexToRgb("#0033ff").g); // "51";
alert(hexToRgb("#03f").g); // "51";

Answer 2

An alternative version of hexToRgb:

function hexToRgb(hex) {
    var bigint = parseInt(hex, 16);
    var r = (bigint >> 16) & 255;
    var g = (bigint >> 8) & 255;
    var b = bigint & 255;

    return r + "," + g + "," + b;
}

Edit: 3/28/2017 Here is another approach that seems to be even faster

function hexToRgbNew(hex) {
  var arrBuff = new ArrayBuffer(4);
  var vw = new DataView(arrBuff);
  vw.setUint32(0,parseInt(hex, 16),false);
  var arrByte = new Uint8Array(arrBuff);

  return arrByte[1] + "," + arrByte[2] + "," + arrByte[3];
}

Edit: 8/11/2017 The new approach above after more testing is not faster :(. Though it is a fun alternate way.

Answer 3

ECMAScript 6 version of Tim Down's answer

Converting RGB to hex

const rgbToHex = (r, g, b) => '#' + [r, g, b].map(x => {
  const hex = x.toString(16)
  return hex.length === 1 ? '0' + hex : hex
}).join('')

console.log(rgbToHex(0, 51, 255)); // '#0033ff'

Converting hex to RGB

Returns an array [r, g, b]. Works also with shorthand hex triplets such as "#03F".

const hexToRgb = hex =>
  hex.replace(/^#?([a-f\d])([a-f\d])([a-f\d])$/i
             ,(m, r, g, b) => '#' + r + r + g + g + b + b)
    .substring(1).match(/.{2}/g)
    .map(x => parseInt(x, 16))

console.log(hexToRgb("#0033ff")) // [0, 51, 255]
console.log(hexToRgb("#03f")) // [0, 51, 255]

Bonus: RGB to hex using padStart() method

const rgbToHex = (r, g, b) => '#' + [r, g, b]
  .map(x => x.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('')

console.log(rgbToHex(0, 51, 255)); // '#0033ff'

Note that this answer uses latest ECMAScript features, which are not supported in older browsers. If you want this code to work in all environments, you should use Babel to compile your code.

Answer 4

Here's my version:

function rgbToHex(red, green, blue) {
  const rgb = (red << 16) | (green << 8) | (blue << 0);
  return '#' + (0x1000000 + rgb).toString(16).slice(1);
}

function hexToRgb(hex) {
  const normal = hex.match(/^#([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})$/i);
  if (normal) return normal.slice(1).map(e => parseInt(e, 16));

  const shorthand = hex.match(/^#([0-9a-f])([0-9a-f])([0-9a-f])$/i);
  if (shorthand) return shorthand.slice(1).map(e => 0x11 * parseInt(e, 16));

  return null;
}

Answer 5

function hex2rgb(hex) {
  return ['0x' + hex[1] + hex[2] | 0, '0x' + hex[3] + hex[4] | 0, '0x' + hex[5] + hex[6] | 0];
}

Answer 6

I'm assuming you mean HTML-style hexadecimal notation, i.e. #rrggbb. Your code is almost correct, except you've got the order reversed. It should be:

var decColor = red * 65536 + green * 256 + blue;

Also, using bit-shifts might make it a bit easier to read:

var decColor = (red << 16) + (green << 8) + blue;

Answer 7

One-line functional HEX to RGBA

Supports both short #fff and long #ffffff forms.
Supports alpha channel (opacity).
Does not care if hash specified or not, works in both cases.

function hexToRGBA(hex, opacity) {
    return 'rgba(' + (hex = hex.replace('#', '')).match(new RegExp('(.{' + hex.length/3 + '})', 'g')).map(function(l) { return parseInt(hex.length%2 ? l+l : l, 16) }).concat(isFinite(opacity) ? opacity : 1).join(',') + ')';
}

examples:

hexToRGBA('#fff')        ->  rgba(255,255,255,1)  
hexToRGBA('#ffffff')     ->  rgba(255,255,255,1)  
hexToRGBA('#fff', .2)    ->  rgba(255,255,255,0.2)  
hexToRGBA('#ffffff', .2) ->  rgba(255,255,255,0.2)  
hexToRGBA('fff', .2)     ->  rgba(255,255,255,0.2)  
hexToRGBA('ffffff', .2)  ->  rgba(255,255,255,0.2)

hexToRGBA('#ffffff', 0)  ->  rgba(255,255,255,0)
hexToRGBA('#ffffff', .5) ->  rgba(255,255,255,0.5)
hexToRGBA('#ffffff', 1)  ->  rgba(255,255,255,1)

Answer 8

Try (bonus)

let hex2rgb= c=> `rgb(${c.match(/\w\w/g).map(x=>+`0x${x}`)})`
let rgb2hex=c=>'#'+c.match(/\d+/g).map(x=>(+x).toString(16).padStart(2,0)).join``

let hex2rgb= c=> `rgb(${c.match(/\w\w/g).map(x=>+`0x${x}`)})`;
let rgb2hex= c=> '#'+c.match(/\d+/g).map(x=>(+x).toString(16).padStart(2,0)).join``;

// TEST
console.log('#0080C0          -->', hex2rgb('#0080C0'));
console.log('rgb(0, 128, 192) -->', rgb2hex('rgb(0, 128, 192)'));

Answer 9

This code accept #fff and #ffffff variants and opacity.

function hex2rgb(hex, opacity) {
        var h=hex.replace('#', '');
        h =  h.match(new RegExp('(.{'+h.length/3+'})', 'g'));

        for(var i=0; i<h.length; i++)
            h[i] = parseInt(h[i].length==1? h[i]+h[i]:h[i], 16);

        if (typeof opacity != 'undefined')  h.push(opacity);

        return 'rgba('+h.join(',')+')';
}

Answer 10

Bitwise solution normally is weird. But in this case I guess that is more elegant

function hexToRGB(hexColor){
  return {
    red: (hexColor >> 16) & 0xFF,
    green: (hexColor >> 8) & 0xFF,  
    blue: hexColor & 0xFF,
  }
}

Usage:

const {red, green, blue } = hexToRGB(0xFF00FF)

console.log(red) // 255
console.log(green) // 0
console.log(blue) // 255

Answer 11

This could be used for getting colors from computed style propeties:

function rgbToHex(color) {
    color = ""+ color;
    if (!color || color.indexOf("rgb") < 0) {
        return;
    }

    if (color.charAt(0) == "#") {
        return color;
    }

    var nums = /(.*?)rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)/i.exec(color),
        r = parseInt(nums[2], 10).toString(16),
        g = parseInt(nums[3], 10).toString(16),
        b = parseInt(nums[4], 10).toString(16);

    return "#"+ (
        (r.length == 1 ? "0"+ r : r) +
        (g.length == 1 ? "0"+ g : g) +
        (b.length == 1 ? "0"+ b : b)
    );
}

// not computed 
<div style="color: #4d93bc; border: 1px solid red;">...</div> 
// computed 
<div style="color: rgb(77, 147, 188); border: 1px solid rgb(255, 0, 0);">...</div>

console.log( rgbToHex(color) ) // #4d93bc
console.log( rgbToHex(borderTopColor) ) // #ff0000

Ref: https://github.com/k-gun/so/blob/master/so_util.js

Answer 12

(2017) SIMPLE ES6 composable arrow functions

I can't resist sharing this for those who may be writing some modern functional/compositional js using ES6. Here are some slick one-liners I am using in a color module that does color interpolation for data visualization.

Note that this does not handle the alpha channel at all.

const arrayToRGBString = rgb => `rgb(${rgb.join(',')})`;
const hexToRGBArray = hex => hex.match(/[A-Za-z0-9]{2}/g).map(v => parseInt(v, 16));
const rgbArrayToHex = rgb => `#${rgb.map(v => v.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('')}`;
const rgbStringToArray = rgb => rgb.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/).splice(1, 3)
  .map(v => Number(v));
const rgbStringToHex = rgb => rgbArrayToHex(rgbStringToArray(rgb));

BTW, If you like this style/syntax, I wrote a full color module (modern-color) you can grab from npm. I made it so I could use prop getters for conversion and parse virtually anything (Color.parse(anything)). Worth a look if you deal with color a lot like I do.

Answer 13

Hex to RGB

const hex2rgb = (hex) => {
    const r = parseInt(hex.slice(1, 3), 16)
    const g = parseInt(hex.slice(3, 5), 16)
    const b = parseInt(hex.slice(5, 7), 16)
    // return {r, g, b} // return an object
    return [ r, g, b ]
}
console.log(hex2rgb("#0080C0"))

RGB to Hex

const rgb2hex = (r, g, b) => {
    var rgb = (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b
    // return '#' + rgb.toString(16) // #80c0
    // return '#' + (0x1000000 + rgb).toString(16).slice(1) // #0080c0
    // or use [padStart](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/padStart)
    return '#' + rgb.toString(16).padStart(6, 0)  
}
console.log(rgb2hex(0, 128, 192))

Also if someone need online tool, I have built Hex to RGB and vice versa.

Answer 14

May you be after something like this?

function RGB2HTML(red, green, blue)
{
    return '#' + red.toString(16) +
           green.toString(16) +
           blue.toString(16);
}

alert(RGB2HTML(150, 135, 200));

displays #9687c8

Answer 15

// Ignoring hsl notation, color values are commonly expressed as names, rgb, rgba or hex-

// Hex can be 3 values or 6.

// Rgb can be percentages as well as integer values.

// Best to account for all of these formats, at least.

String.prototype.padZero= function(len, c){
    var s= this, c= c || "0", len= len || 2;
    while(s.length < len) s= c + s;
    return s;
}
var colors={
    colornames:{
        aqua: '#00ffff', black: '#000000', blue: '#0000ff', fuchsia: '#ff00ff',
        gray: '#808080', green: '#008000', lime: '#00ff00', maroon: '#800000',
        navy: '#000080', olive: '#808000', purple: '#800080', red: '#ff0000',
        silver: '#c0c0c0', teal: '#008080', white: '#ffffff', yellow: '#ffff00'
    },
    toRgb: function(c){
        c= '0x'+colors.toHex(c).substring(1);
        c= [(c>> 16)&255, (c>> 8)&255, c&255];
        return 'rgb('+c.join(',')+')';
    },
    toHex: function(c){
        var tem, i= 0, c= c? c.toString().toLowerCase(): '';
        if(/^#[a-f0-9]{3,6}$/.test(c)){
            if(c.length< 7){
                var A= c.split('');
                c= A[0]+A[1]+A[1]+A[2]+A[2]+A[3]+A[3];
            }
            return c;
        }
        if(/^[a-z]+$/.test(c)){
            return colors.colornames[c] || '';
        }
        c= c.match(/\d+(\.\d+)?%?/g) || [];
        if(c.length<3) return '';
        c= c.slice(0, 3);
        while(i< 3){
            tem= c[i];
            if(tem.indexOf('%')!= -1){
                tem= Math.round(parseFloat(tem)*2.55);
            }
            else tem= parseInt(tem);
            if(tem< 0 || tem> 255) c.length= 0;
            else c[i++]= tem.toString(16).padZero(2);
        }
        if(c.length== 3) return '#'+c.join('').toLowerCase();
        return '';
    }
}
//var c='#dc149c';
//var c='rgb(100%,25%,0)';
//
var c= 'red';
alert(colors.toRgb(c)+'\n'+colors.toHex(c));

Answer 16

Surprised this answer hasn't come up.

• Doesn't use any library #use-the-platform ✔️
• 3 Lines, and handles any color browsers support.

const toRGB = (color) => {
    const { style } = new Option();
    style.color = color;
    return style.color;
}
// handles any color the browser supports and converts it.
console.log(toRGB("#333")) // rgb(51, 51, 51);
console.log(toRGB("hsl(30, 30%, 30%)")) 

Answer 17

@ Tim, to add to your answer (its a little awkward fitting this into a comment).

As written, I found the rgbToHex function returns a string with elements after the point and it requires that the r, g, b values fall within the range 0-255.

I'm sure this may seem obvious to most, but it took two hours for me to figure out and by then the original method had ballooned to 7 lines before I realised my problem was elsewhere. So in the interests of saving others time & hassle, here's my slightly amended code that checks the pre-requisites and trims off the extraneous bits of the string.

function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
    if(r < 0 || r > 255) alert("r is out of bounds; "+r);
    if(g < 0 || g > 255) alert("g is out of bounds; "+g);
    if(b < 0 || b > 255) alert("b is out of bounds; "+b);
    return "#" + ((1 << 24) + (r << 16) + (g << 8) + b).toString(16).slice(1,7);
}

Answer 18

If you need compare two color values (given as RGB, name color or hex value) or convert to HEX use HTML5 canvas object.

var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
var ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');

ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(pass,some,value)";
var temp =  ctx.fillStyle;
ctx.fillStyle = "someColor";

alert(ctx.fillStyle == temp);

Answer 19

2021 version

You can simply use rgb-hex & hex-rgb as it is battle-tested & has multiple options that are not available in other solutions.

I was recently building a Color Picker & these 2 packages came in handy.

Usage

rgb-hex

import rgbHex from 'rgb-hex';

rgbHex(65, 131, 196);
//=> '4183c4'

rgbHex('rgb(40, 42, 54)');
//=> '282a36'

rgbHex(65, 131, 196, 0.2);
//=> '4183c433'

rgbHex(40, 42, 54, '75%');
//=> '282a36bf'

rgbHex('rgba(40, 42, 54, 75%)');
//=> '282a36bf'

hex-rgb

import hexRgb from 'hex-rgb';

hexRgb('4183c4');
//=> {red: 65, green: 131, blue: 196, alpha: 1}

hexRgb('#4183c4');
//=> {red: 65, green: 131, blue: 196, alpha: 1}

hexRgb('#fff');
//=> {red: 255, green: 255, blue: 255, alpha: 1}

hexRgb('#22222299');
//=> {red: 34, green: 34, blue: 34, alpha: 0.6}

hexRgb('#0006');
//=> {red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 0.4}

hexRgb('#cd2222cc');
//=> {red: 205, green: 34, blue: 34, alpha: 0.8}

hexRgb('#cd2222cc', {format: 'array'});
//=> [205, 34, 34, 0.8]

hexRgb('#cd2222cc', {format: 'css'});
//=> 'rgb(205 34 34 / 80%)'

hexRgb('#000', {format: 'css'});
//=> 'rgb(0 0 0)'

hexRgb('#22222299', {alpha: 1});
//=> {red: 34, green: 34, blue: 34, alpha: 1}

hexRgb('#fff', {alpha: 0.5});
//=> {red: 255, green: 255, blue: 255, alpha: 0.5}

Answer 20

Shorthand version that accepts a string:

function rgbToHex(a){
  a=a.replace(/[^\d,]/g,"").split(","); 
  return"#"+((1<<24)+(+a[0]<<16)+(+a[1]<<8)+ +a[2]).toString(16).slice(1)
}

document.write(rgbToHex("rgb(255,255,255)"));

To check if it's not already hexadecimal

function rgbToHex(a){
  if(~a.indexOf("#"))return a;
  a=a.replace(/[^\d,]/g,"").split(","); 
  return"#"+((1<<24)+(+a[0]<<16)+(+a[1]<<8)+ +a[2]).toString(16).slice(1)
}

document.write("rgb: "+rgbToHex("rgb(255,255,255)")+ " -- hex: "+rgbToHex("#e2e2e2"));

Answer 21

2022: If you often manipulate colors and doesn't mind using a package,

Use tinycolor2. It's a fast library (Around 400kb) for color manipulation and conversion in JavaScript.

It accepts various color string format. Like:

tinycolor("#000"); // Hex3
tinycolor("#f0f0f6"); // Hex6
tinycolor("#f0f0f688"); // Hex8
tinycolor("f0f0f6"); // Hex withouth the number sign '#'
tinycolor("rgb (255, 0, 0)"); // RGB
tinycolor("rgba (255, 0, 0, .5)"); // RGBA
tinycolor({ r: 255, g: 0, b: 0 }); // RGB object
tinycolor("hsl(0, 100%, 50%)"); // HSL
tinycolor("hsla(0, 100%, 50%, .5)"); // HSLA
tinycolor("red"); // Named

RGB to HEX

var color = tinycolor('rgb(0, 128, 192)');
color.toHexString(); //#0080C0

HEX to RGB

var color = tinycolor('#0080C0');
color.toRgbString(); // rgb(0, 128, 192)

Visit documentation for more demo.

Answer 22

I came across this problem since I wanted to parse any color string value and be able to specify an opacity, so I wrote this function that uses the canvas API.

var toRGBA = function () {
  var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
  var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

  canvas.width = 1;
  canvas.height = 1;

  return function (color) {
    context.fillStyle = color;
    context.fillRect(0, 0, 1, 1);

    var data = context.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data;

    return {
      r: data[0],
      g: data[1],
      b: data[2],
      a: data[3]
    };
  };
}();

Note about context.fillStyle:

If parsing the value results in failure, then it must be ignored, and the attribute must retain its previous value.

Here's a Stack Snippet demo you can use to test inputs:

var toRGBA = function () {
  var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
  var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

  canvas.width = 1;
  canvas.height = 1;

  return function (color) {
    context.fillStyle = color;
    context.fillRect(0, 0, 1, 1);

    var data = context.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data;

    return {
      r: data[0],
      g: data[1],
      b: data[2],
      a: data[3]
    };
  };
}();

var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName('input');

function setColor() {
  inputs[1].value = JSON.stringify(toRGBA(inputs[0].value));
  document.body.style.backgroundColor = inputs[0].value;
}

inputs[0].addEventListener('input', setColor);
setColor();

input {
  width: 200px;
  margin: 0.5rem;
}

<input value="cyan" />
<input readonly="readonly" />

Answer 23

i needed a function that accepts invalid values too like

rgb(-255, 255, 255) rgb(510, 255, 255)

this is a spin off of @cwolves answer

function rgb(r, g, b) {
  this.c = this.c || function (n) {
    return Math.max(Math.min(n, 255), 0)
  };

  return ((1 << 24) + (this.c(r) << 16) + (this.c(g) << 8) + this.c(b)).toString(16).slice(1).toUpperCase();
}

Answer 24

R = HexToR("#FFFFFF");
G = HexToG("#FFFFFF");
B = HexToB("#FFFFFF");

function HexToR(h) {return parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(0,2),16)}
function HexToG(h) {return parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(2,4),16)}
function HexToB(h) {return parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(4,6),16)}
function cutHex(h) {return (h.charAt(0)=="#") ? h.substring(1,7):h}

Use these Function to achive the result without any issue. :)

Answer 25

Instead of copy'n'pasting snippets found here and there, I'd recommend to use a well tested and maintained library: Colors.js (available for node.js and browser). It's just 7 KB (minified, gzipped even less).

Answer 26

A simple answer to convert RGB to hex. Here values of color channels are clamped between 0 and 255.

function RGBToHex(r = 0, g = 0, b = 0) {
    // clamp and convert to hex
    let hr = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, Math.round(r))).toString(16);
    let hg = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, Math.round(g))).toString(16);
    let hb = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, Math.round(b))).toString(16);
    return "#" +
        (hr.length<2?"0":"") + hr +
        (hg.length<2?"0":"") + hg +
        (hb.length<2?"0":"") + hb;
}

Answer 27

This snippet converts hex to rgb and rgb to hex.

View demo

function hexToRgb(str) { 
    if ( /^#([0-9a-f]{3}|[0-9a-f]{6})$/ig.test(str) ) { 
        var hex = str.substr(1);
        hex = hex.length == 3 ? hex.replace(/(.)/g, '$1$1') : hex;
        var rgb = parseInt(hex, 16);               
        return 'rgb(' + [(rgb >> 16) & 255, (rgb >> 8) & 255, rgb & 255].join(',') + ')';
    } 

    return false; 
}

function rgbToHex(red, green, blue) {
    var out = '#';

    for (var i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
        var n = typeof arguments[i] == 'number' ? arguments[i] : parseInt(arguments[i]);

        if (isNaN(n) || n < 0 || n > 255) {
            return false;
        }

        out += (n < 16 ? '0' : '') + n.toString(16);
    }
    return out
}

Answer 28

My version of hex2rbg:

1. Accept short hex like #fff
2. Algorithm compacity is o(n), should faster than using regex. e.g String.replace, String.split, String.match etc..
3. Use constant space.
4. Support rgb and rgba.

you may need remove hex.trim() if you are using IE8.

e.g.

hex2rgb('#fff') //rgb(255,255,255) 
hex2rgb('#fff', 1) //rgba(255,255,255,1) 
hex2rgb('#ffffff') //rgb(255,255,255)  
hex2rgb('#ffffff', 1) //rgba(255,255,255,1)

code:

function hex2rgb (hex, opacity) {
    hex = hex.trim();
    hex = hex[0] === '#' ? hex.substr(1) : hex;
    var bigint = parseInt(hex, 16), h = [];
    if (hex.length === 3) {
        h.push((bigint >> 4) & 255);
        h.push((bigint >> 2) & 255);
    } else {
        h.push((bigint >> 16) & 255);
        h.push((bigint >> 8) & 255);
    }
    h.push(bigint & 255);
    if (arguments.length === 2) {
        h.push(opacity);
        return 'rgba('+h.join()+')';
    } else {
        return 'rgb('+h.join()+')';
    }
}

Answer 29

While this answer is unlikely to fit the question perfectly it may be very useful none the less.

1. Create any random element

var toRgb = document.createElement('div');

2. Set any valid style to the color you want to convert

toRg.style.color = "hsl(120, 60%, 70%)";

3. Call the style property again

> toRgb.style.color;

< "rgb(133, 225, 133)" Your color has been converted to Rgb

Works for: Hsl, Hex

Does not work for: Named colors

Answer 30

I realise there are lots of answers to this but if you're like me and you know your HEX is always going to be 6 characters with or without the # prefix then this is probably the simplest method if you want to do some quick inline stuff. It does not care if it starts with or without a hash.

var hex = "#ffffff";
var rgb = [
    parseInt(hex.substr(-6,2),16),
    parseInt(hex.substr(-4,2),16),
    parseInt(hex.substr(-2),16)
];

Answer 31

RGB to Hex

Using padStart()

You can use this oneliner using padStart():

const rgb = (r, g, b) => {
  return `#${[r, g, b].map((x) => x.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("")}`;
}

P.S. it isn't supported on legacy browsers, check its compatibility here.

Without padStart()

If you don't want to use padStart(), you can implement this function instead:

const rgb = (r, g, b) => {
  return `#${[r, g, b]
    .map((n) =>
      n.toString(16).length === 1 ? "0" + n.toString(16) : n.toString(16)
    )
    .join("")}`;
};

Parameters validation

If you're not sure who is going to use your function, you have to use the parameters validations, that the values are valid (between 0 and 255), to do so, add these conditions before each return:

if (r > 255) r = 255; else if (r < 0) r = 0;
if (g > 255) g = 255; else if (g < 0) g = 0;
if (b > 255) b = 255; else if (b < 0) b = 0;

So the two above examples become:

const rgb = (r, g, b) => {
  if (r > 255) r = 255; else if (r < 0) r = 0;
  if (g > 255) g = 255; else if (g < 0) g = 0;
  if (b > 255) b = 255; else if (b < 0) b = 0;
  return `#${[r, g, b].map((x) => x.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("")}`;
};

const rgb2 = (r, g, b) => {
  if (r > 255) r = 255; else if (r < 0) r = 0;
  if (g > 255) g = 255; else if (g < 0) g = 0;
  if (b > 255) b = 255; else if (b < 0) b = 0;
  return `#${[r, g, b]
    .map((n) =>
      n.toString(16).length === 1 ? "0" + n.toString(16) : n.toString(16)
    )
    .join("")}`;
};

---

Hex to RGB

For this, we are going to use some RegEx:

const hex = (h) => {
  return h
    .replace(
      /^#?([a-f\d])([a-f\d])([a-f\d])$/i,
      (_, r, g, b) => "#" + r + r + g + g + b + b
    )
    .substring(1)
    .match(/.{2}/g)
    .map((x) => parseInt(x, 16));
};

Answer 32

My example =)

color: {
            toHex: function(num){
                var str = num.toString(16);
                return (str.length<6?'#00'+str:'#'+str);
            },
            toNum: function(hex){
                return parseInt(hex.replace('#',''), 16);
            },
            rgbToHex: function(color)
            {
                color = color.replace(/\s/g,"");
                var aRGB = color.match(/^rgb\((\d{1,3}[%]?),(\d{1,3}[%]?),(\d{1,3}[%]?)\)$/i);
                if(aRGB)
                {
                    color = '';
                    for (var i=1;  i<=3; i++) color += Math.round((aRGB[i][aRGB[i].length-1]=="%"?2.55:1)*parseInt(aRGB[i])).toString(16).replace(/^(.)$/,'0$1');
                }
                else color = color.replace(/^#?([\da-f])([\da-f])([\da-f])$/i, '$1$1$2$2$3$3');
                return '#'+color;
            }

Answer 33

I'm working with XAML data that has a hex format of #AARRGGBB (Alpha, Red, Green, Blue). Using the answers above, here's my solution:

function hexToRgba(hex) {
    var bigint, r, g, b, a;
    //Remove # character
    var re = /^#?/;
    var aRgb = hex.replace(re, '');
    bigint = parseInt(aRgb, 16);

    //If in #FFF format
    if (aRgb.length == 3) {
        r = (bigint >> 4) & 255;
        g = (bigint >> 2) & 255;
        b = bigint & 255;
        return "rgba(" + r + "," + g + "," + b + ",1)";
    }

    //If in #RRGGBB format
    if (aRgb.length >= 6) {
        r = (bigint >> 16) & 255;
        g = (bigint >> 8) & 255;
        b = bigint & 255;
        var rgb = r + "," + g + "," + b;

        //If in #AARRBBGG format
        if (aRgb.length == 8) {
            a = ((bigint >> 24) & 255) / 255;
            return "rgba(" + rgb + "," + a.toFixed(1) + ")";
        }
    }
    return "rgba(" + rgb + ",1)";
}

http://jsfiddle.net/kvLyscs3/

Answer 34

For convert directly from jQuery you can try:

  function rgbToHex(color) {
    var bg = color.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
    function hex(x) {
      return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
    }
    return     "#" + hex(bg[1]) + hex(bg[2]) + hex(bg[3]);
  }

  rgbToHex($('.col-tab-bar .col-tab span').css('color'))

Answer 35

function getRGB(color){
  if(color.length == 7){
    var r = parseInt(color.substr(1,2),16);
    var g = parseInt(color.substr(3,2),16);
    var b = parseInt(color.substr(5,2),16);    
    return 'rgb('+r+','+g+','+b+')' ;
  }    
  else
    console.log('Enter correct value');
}
var a = getRGB('#f0f0f0');
if(!a){
 a = 'Enter correct value'; 
}

a;

Answer 36

The top rated answer by Tim Down provides the best solution I can see for conversion to RGB. I like this solution for Hex conversion better though because it provides the most succinct bounds checking and zero padding for conversion to Hex.

function RGBtoHex (red, green, blue) {
  red = Math.max(0, Math.min(~~red, 255));
  green = Math.max(0, Math.min(~~green, 255));
  blue = Math.max(0, Math.min(~~blue, 255));

  return '#' + ('00000' + (red << 16 | green << 8 | blue).toString(16)).slice(-6);
};

The use of left shift '<<' and or '|' operators make this a fun solution too.

Answer 37

I found this and because I think it is pretty straight forward and has validation tests and supports alpha values (optional), this will fit the case.

Just comment out the regex line if you know what you're doing and it's a tiny bit faster.

function hexToRGBA(hex, alpha){
    hex = (""+hex).trim().replace(/#/g,""); //trim and remove any leading # if there (supports number values as well)
    if (!/^(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{3}){1,2}$/.test(hex)) throw ("not a valid hex string"); //Regex Validator
    if (hex.length==3){hex=hex[0]+hex[0]+hex[1]+hex[1]+hex[2]+hex[2]} //support short form
    var b_int = parseInt(hex, 16);
    return "rgba("+[
        (b_int >> 16) & 255, //R
        (b_int >> 8) & 255, //G
        b_int & 255, //B
        alpha || 1  //add alpha if is set
    ].join(",")+")";
}

Answer 38

Based on @MichałPerłakowski answer (EcmaScipt 6) and his answer based on Tim Down's answer

I wrote a modified version of the function of converting hexToRGB with the addition of safe checking if the r/g/b color components are between 0-255 and also the funtions can take Number r/g/b params or String r/g/b parameters and here it is:

 function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
     r = Math.abs(r);
     g = Math.abs(g);
     b = Math.abs(b);

     if ( r < 0 ) r = 0;
     if ( g < 0 ) g = 0;
     if ( b < 0 ) b = 0;

     if ( r > 255 ) r = 255;
     if ( g > 255 ) g = 255;
     if ( b > 255 ) b = 255;

    return '#' + [r, g, b].map(x => {
      const hex = x.toString(16);
      return hex.length === 1 ? '0' + hex : hex
    }).join('');
  }

To use the function safely - you should ckeck whether the passing string is a real rbg string color - for example a very simple check could be:

if( rgbStr.substring(0,3) === 'rgb' ) {

  let rgbColors = JSON.parse(rgbStr.replace('rgb(', '[').replace(')', ']'))
  rgbStr = this.rgbToHex(rgbColors[0], rgbColors[1], rgbColors[2]);

  .....
}

Answer 39

A total different approach to convert hex color code to RGB without regex

It handles both #FFF and #FFFFFF format on the base of length of string. It removes # from beginning of string and divides each character of string and converts it to base10 and add it to respective index on the base of it's position.

//Algorithm of hex to rgb conversion in ES5
function hex2rgbSimple(str){
  str = str.replace('#', '');
  return str.split('').reduce(function(result, char, index, array){
    var j = parseInt(index * 3/array.length);
    var number = parseInt(char, 16);
    result[j] = (array.length == 3? number :  result[j]) * 16 + number;
    return result;
  },[0,0,0]);
}

//Same code in ES6
hex2rgb = str => str.replace('#','').split('').reduce((r,c,i,{length: l},j,n)=>(j=parseInt(i*3/l),n=parseInt(c,16),r[j]=(l==3?n:r[j])*16+n,r),[0,0,0]);

//hex to RGBA conversion
hex2rgba = (str, a) => str.replace('#','').split('').reduce((r,c,i,{length: l},j,n)=>(j=parseInt(i*3/l),n=parseInt(c,16),r[j]=(l==3?n:r[j])*16+n,r),[0,0,0,a||1]);

//hex to standard RGB conversion
hex2rgbStandard = str => `RGB(${str.replace('#','').split('').reduce((r,c,i,{length: l},j,n)=>(j=parseInt(i*3/l),n=parseInt(c,16),r[j]=(l==3?n:r[j])*16+n,r),[0,0,0]).join(',')})`;


console.log(hex2rgb('#aebece'));
console.log(hex2rgbSimple('#aebece'));

console.log(hex2rgb('#aabbcc'));

console.log(hex2rgb('#abc'));

console.log(hex2rgba('#abc', 0.7));

console.log(hex2rgbStandard('#abc'));

Answer 40

Looks like you're looking for something like this:

function hexstr(number) {
    var chars = new Array("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f");
    var low = number & 0xf;
    var high = (number >> 4) & 0xf;
    return "" + chars[high] + chars[low];
}

function rgb2hex(r, g, b) {
    return "#" + hexstr(r) + hexstr(g) + hexstr(b);
}

Answer 41

When you're working in 3D environment (webGL, ThreeJS) you sometimes need to create 3 values for the different faces of meshes, the basic one (main color), a lighter one and a darker one :

material.color.set( 0x660000, 0xff0000, 0xff6666 ); // red cube

We can create these 3 values from the main RBG color : 255,0,0

function rgbToHex(rgb) { 
  var hex = Number(rgb).toString(16);
  if (hex.length < 2) {
       hex = "0" + hex;
  }
  return hex;
};

function convertToHex(r,g,b) { 

    var fact = 100;  // contrast 
    var code = '0x';

    // main color
    var r_hexa = rgbToHex(r);
    var g_hexa = rgbToHex(g);
    var b_hexa = rgbToHex(b);

    // lighter
    var r_light = rgbToHex(Math.floor(r+((1-(r/255))*fact)));
    var g_light = rgbToHex(Math.floor(g+((1-(g/255))*fact)));
    var b_light = rgbToHex(Math.floor(b+((1-(b/255))*fact)));

    // darker
    var r_dark = rgbToHex(Math.floor(r-((r/255)*(fact*1.5)))); // increase contrast
    var g_dark = rgbToHex(Math.floor(g-((g/255)*(fact*1.5))));
    var b_dark = rgbToHex(Math.floor(b-((b/255)*(fact*1.5))));

    var hexa = code+r_hexa+g_hexa+b_hexa;
    var light = code+r_light+g_light+b_light;
    var dark = code+r_dark+g_dark+b_dark;

    console.log('HEXs -> '+dark+" + "+hexa+" + "+light)

    var colors = [dark, hexa, light]; 
    return colors;

}

In your ThreeJS code simply write:

var material = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial();
var c = convertToHex(255,0,0); // red cube needed
material.color.set( Number(c[0]), Number(c[1]), Number(c[2]) );

Results:

//                                 dark      normal     light
convertToHex(255,255,255) HEXs -> 0x696969 + 0xffffff + 0xffffff
convertToHex(255,0,0) HEXs -> 0x690000 + 0xff0000 + 0xff6464
convertToHex(255,127,0) HEXs -> 0x690000 + 0xff0000 + 0xff6464
convertToHex(100,100,100) HEXs -> 0x292929 + 0x646464 + 0xa0a0a0
convertToHex(10,10,10) HEXs -> 0x040404 + 0x0a0a0a + 0x6a6a6a

Answer 42

Immutable and human understandable version without any bitwise magic:

1. Loop over array
2. Normalize value if value < 0 or value > 255 using Math.min() and Math.max()
3. Convert number to hex notation using String.toString()
4. Append leading zero and trim value to two characters
5. join mapped values to string

function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
  return [r, g, b]
    .map(color => {
      const normalizedColor = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, color));
      const hexColor = normalizedColor.toString(16);

      return `0${hexColor}`.slice(-2);
    })
    .join("");
}

Yes, it won't be as performant as bitwise operators but way more readable and immutable so it will not modify any input

Answer 43

HTML converer :)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p id="res"></p>

<script>
function hexToRgb(hex) {
  var res = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex);
  return "(" + parseInt(res[1], 16) + "," + parseInt(res[2], 16) + "," + parseInt(res[3], 16) + ")";
};

document.getElementById("res").innerHTML = hexToRgb('#0080C0');
</script>

</body>
</html>

Answer 44

To convert from HEX to RGB where RGB are float values within the range of 0 and 1:

#FFAA22 → {r: 0.5, g: 0, b:1}

I adapted @Tim Down’s answer:

function convertRange(value,oldMin,oldMax,newMin,newMax) {
  return (Math.round(((((value - oldMin) * (newMax - newMin)) / (oldMax - oldMin)) + newMin) * 10000)/10000)
}

function hexToRgbFloat(hex) {
  var result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex);
  return result ? {
    r: convertRange(parseInt(result[1],16), 0, 255, 0, 1),
    g: convertRange(parseInt(result[2],16), 0, 255, 0, 1),
    b: convertRange(parseInt(result[3],16), 0, 255, 0, 1)
  } : null;
}

console.log(hexToRgbFloat("#FFAA22")) // {r: 1, g: 0.6667, b: 0.1333}

Answer 45

HEX to RGB (ES6) + tests [2022]

convertHexToRgb.ts:

/**
 * RGB color regexp
 */
export const RGB_REG_EXP = /rgb\((\d{1,3}), (\d{1,3}), (\d{1,3})\)/;

/**
 * HEX color regexp
 */
export const HEX_REG_EXP = /^#?(([\da-f]){3}|([\da-f]){6})$/i;

/**
 * Converts HEX to RGB.
 *
 * Color must be only HEX string and must be:
 *  - 7-characters starts with "#" symbol ('#ffffff')
 *  - or 6-characters without "#" symbol ('ffffff')
 *  - or 4-characters starts with "#" symbol ('#fff')
 *  - or 3-characters without "#" symbol ('fff')
 *
 * @function { color: string => string } convertHexToRgb
 * @return { string } returns RGB color string or empty string
 */
export const convertHexToRgb = (color: string): string => {
    const errMessage = `
    Something went wrong while working with colors...
    
    Make sure the colors provided to the "PieDonutChart" meet the following requirements:
    
    Color must be only HEX string and must be 
    7-characters starts with "#" symbol ('#ffffff')
    or 6-characters without "#" symbol ('ffffff')
    or 4-characters starts with "#" symbol ('#fff')
    or 3-characters without "#" symbol ('fff')
    
    - - - - - - - - -
    
    Error in: "convertHexToRgb" function
    Received value: ${color}
  `;

    if (
        !color
        || typeof color !== 'string'
        || color.length < 3
        || color.length > 7
    ) {
        console.error(errMessage);
        return '';
    }

    const replacer = (...args: string[]) => {
        const [
            _,
            r,
            g,
            b,
        ] = args;

        return '' + r + r + g + g + b + b;
    };

    const rgbHexArr = color
        ?.replace(HEX_REG_EXP, replacer)
        .match(/.{2}/g)
        ?.map(x => parseInt(x, 16));

    /**
     * "HEX_REG_EXP.test" is here to create more strong tests
     */
    if (rgbHexArr && Array.isArray(rgbHexArr) && HEX_REG_EXP.test(color)) {
        return `rgb(${rgbHexArr[0]}, ${rgbHexArr[1]}, ${rgbHexArr[2]})`;
    }

    console.error(errMessage);
    return '';
};

I'm using Jest for tests

color.spec.ts

describe('function "convertHexToRgb"', () => {
    it('returns a valid RGB with the provided 3-digit HEX color: [color = \'fff\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('fff');

        expect(RGB_REG_EXP.test(rgb)).toBeTruthy();
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('returns a valid RGB with the provided 3-digit HEX color with hash symbol: [color = \'#fff\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('#fff');

        expect(RGB_REG_EXP.test(rgb)).toBeTruthy();
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('returns a valid RGB with the provided 6-digit HEX color: [color = \'ffffff\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('ffffff');

        expect(RGB_REG_EXP.test(rgb)).toBeTruthy();
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('returns a valid RGB with the provided 6-digit HEX color with the hash symbol: [color = \'#ffffff\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb(TEST_COLOR);

        expect(RGB_REG_EXP.test(rgb)).toBeTruthy();
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('returns an empty string when the provided value is not a string: [color = 1234]', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();

        // @ts-ignore
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb(1234);

        expect(rgb).toBe('');
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });

    it('returns an empty string when the provided color is too short: [color = \'FF\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();

        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('FF');

        expect(rgb).toBe('');
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });

    it('returns an empty string when the provided color is too long: [color = \'#fffffff\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();

        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('#fffffff');

        expect(rgb).toBe('');
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });

    it('returns an empty string when the provided value is looks like HEX color string but has invalid symbols: [color = \'#fffffp\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('#fffffp');

        expect(rgb).toBe('');
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });

    it('returns an empty string when the provided value is invalid: [color = \'*\']', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();

        const rgb = convertHexToRgb('*');

        expect(rgb).toBe('');
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });

    it('returns an empty string when the provided value is undefined: [color = undefined]', () => {
        expect.assertions(2);

        const { consoleErrorMocked }  = mockConsole();

        // @ts-ignore
        const rgb = convertHexToRgb(undefined);

        expect(rgb).toBe('');
        expect(consoleErrorMocked).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });
});

tests result:

function "convertHexToRgb"
    √ returns a valid RGB with the provided 3-digit HEX color: [color = 'fff']
    √ returns a valid RGB with the provided 3-digit HEX color with hash symbol: [color = '#fff']
    √ returns a valid RGB with the provided 6-digit HEX color: [color = 'ffffff']
    √ returns a valid RGB with the provided 6-digit HEX color with the hash symbol: [color = '#ffffff']
    √ returns an empty string when the provided value is not a string: [color = 1234]
    √ returns an empty string when the provided color is too short: [color = 'FF']
    √ returns an empty string when the provided color is too long: [color = '#fffffff']
    √ returns an empty string when the provided value is looks like HEX color string but has invalid symbols: [color = '#fffffp']
    √ returns an empty string when the provided value is invalid: [color = '*']
    √ returns an empty string when the provided value is undefined: [color = undefined]

And mockConsole:

export const mockConsole = () => {
  const consoleError = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementationOnce(() => undefined);
  return { consoleError };
};

Answer 46

A readable oneliner for rgb string to hex string:

rgb = "rgb(0,128,255)"
hex = '#' + rgb.slice(4,-1).split(',').map(x => (+x).toString(16).padStart(2,0)).join('')

which returns here "#0080ff".

Answer 47

basically, hex to rgb:

var hex = '0080C0'.match(/.{1,2}/g).map(e=>parseInt(e, 16));

if you want string

var rgb = `rgb(${hex.join(", ")})`

rgb to hex:

var rgb_arr = [0, 128, 40];
var rgb = "#" + rgb_arr.map(e=>e.toString(16).padStart(2, 0)).join("")

Answer 48

A clean coffeescript version of the above (thanks @TimDown):

rgbToHex = (rgb) ->
    a = rgb.match /\d+/g
    rgb  unless a.length is 3
    "##{ ((1 << 24) + (parseInt(a[0]) << 16) + (parseInt(a[1]) << 8) + parseInt(a[2])).toString(16).slice(1) }"

Answer 49

Using combining anonymous functions and Array.map for a cleaner; more streamlined look.

var write=function(str){document.body.innerHTML=JSON.stringify(str,null,'    ');};

function hexToRgb(hex, asObj) {
  return (function(res) {
    return res == null ? null : (function(parts) {
      return !asObj ? parts : { r : parts[0], g : parts[1], b : parts[2] }
    }(res.slice(1,4).map(function(val) { return parseInt(val, 16); })));
  }(/^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex)));
}

function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
  return (function(values) {
    return '#' + values.map(function(intVal) {
      return (function(hexVal) {
        return hexVal.length == 1 ? "0" + hexVal : hexVal;
      }(intVal.toString(16)));
    }).join('');
  }(arguments.length === 1 ? Array.isArray(r) ? r : [r.r, r.g, r.b] : [r, g, b]))
}

// Prints: { r: 255, g: 127, b: 92 }
write(hexToRgb(rgbToHex(hexToRgb(rgbToHex(255, 127, 92), true)), true));

body{font-family:monospace;white-space:pre}

Answer 50

I found this...
http://jsfiddle.net/Mottie/xcqpF/1/light/

function rgb2hex(rgb){
    rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?[\s+]?\([\s+]?(\d+)[\s+]?,[\s+]?(\d+)[\s+]?,[\s+]?(\d+)[\s+]?/i);
    return (rgb && rgb.length === 4) ? "#" +
        ("0" + parseInt(rgb[1],10).toString(16)).slice(-2) +
        ("0" + parseInt(rgb[2],10).toString(16)).slice(-2) +
        ("0" + parseInt(rgb[3],10).toString(16)).slice(-2) : '';
}

Answer 51

Here is the Javascript code to change HEX Color value to the Red, Green, Blue individually.

R = hexToR("#FFFFFF");
G = hexToG("#FFFFFF");
B = hexToB("#FFFFFF");

function hexToR(h) {return parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(0,2),16)}
function hexToG(h) {return parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(2,4),16)}
function hexToB(h) {return parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(4,6),16)}
function cutHex(h) {return (h.charAt(0)=="#") ? h.substring(1,7):h}

Answer 52

CSS Level 4 side note: Generally, the reason you'd want to be able to convert Hex to RGB is for the alpha channel, in which case you can soon do that with CSS4 by adding a trailing hex. Example: #FF8800FF or #f80f for fully transparent orange.

That aside, the code below answers both the questions in a single function, going from and to another. This accepts an optional alpha channel, supports both string an array formats, parses 3,4,6,7 character hex's, and rgb/a complete or partial strings (with exception of percent-defined rgb/a values) without a flag.

(Replace the few ES6 syntaxes if supporting IE)

In a line:

function rgbaHex(c,a,i){return(Array.isArray(c)||(typeof c==='string'&&/,/.test(c)))?((c=(Array.isArray(c)?c:c.replace(/[\sa-z\(\);]+/gi,'').split(',')).map(s=>parseInt(s).toString(16).replace(/^([a-z\d])$/i,'0$1'))),'#'+c[0]+c[1]+c[2]):(c=c.replace(/#/,''),c=c.length%6?c.replace(/(.)(.)(.)/,'$1$1$2$2$3$3'):c,a=parseFloat(a)||null,`rgb${a?'a':''}(${[(i=parseInt(c,16))>>16&255,i>>8&255,i&255,a].join().replace(/,$/,'')})`);}

Readable version:

function rgbaHex(c, a) {
    // RGBA to Hex
    if (Array.isArray(c) || (typeof c === 'string' && /,/.test(c))) {
        c = Array.isArray(c) ? c : c.replace(/[\sa-z\(\);]+/gi, '').split(',');
        c = c.map(s => window.parseInt(s).toString(16).replace(/^([a-z\d])$/i, '0$1'));

        return '#' + c[0] + c[1] + c[2];
    }
    // Hex to RGBA
    else {
        c = c.replace(/#/, '');
        c = c.length % 6 ? c.replace(/(.)(.)(.)/, '$1$1$2$2$3$3') : c;
        c = window.parseInt(c, 16);

        a = window.parseFloat(a) || null;

        const r = (c >> 16) & 255;
        const g = (c >> 08) & 255;
        const b = (c >> 00) & 255;

        return `rgb${a ? 'a' : ''}(${[r, g, b, a].join().replace(/,$/,'')})`;
    }
}

Usages:

rgbaHex('#a8f')

rgbaHex('#aa88ff')

rgbaHex('#A8F')

rgbaHex('#AA88FF')

rgbaHex('#AA88FF', 0.5)

rgbaHex('#a8f', '0.85')

// etc.

rgbaHex('rgba(170,136,255,0.8);')

rgbaHex('rgba(170,136,255,0.8)')

rgbaHex('rgb(170,136,255)')

rgbaHex('rg170,136,255')

rgbaHex(' 170, 136, 255 ')

rgbaHex([170,136,255,0.8])

rgbaHex([170,136,255])

// etc.

Answer 53

I made a small Javascript color class for RGB and Hex colors, this class also includes RGB and Hex validation functions. I've added the code as a snippet to this answer.

var colorClass = function() {
   this.validateRgb = function(color) {
      return typeof color === 'object' &&
      color.length === 3               &&
      Math.min.apply(null, color) >= 0 &&
      Math.max.apply(null, color) <= 255;
   };
   this.validateHex = function(color) {
      return color.match(/^\#?(([0-9a-f]{3}){1,2})$/i);
   };
   this.hexToRgb = function(color) {
      var hex    = color.replace(/^\#/, '');
      var length = hex.length;
      return     [
         parseInt(length === 6 ? hex['0'] + hex['1'] : hex['0'] + hex['0'], 16),
         parseInt(length === 6 ? hex['2'] + hex['3'] : hex['1'] + hex['1'], 16),
         parseInt(length === 6 ? hex['4'] + hex['5'] : hex['2'] + hex['2'], 16)
      ];
   };
   this.rgbToHex = function(color) {
      return '#' +
      ('0' + parseInt(color['0'], 10).toString(16)).slice(-2) +
      ('0' + parseInt(color['1'], 10).toString(16)).slice(-2) +
      ('0' + parseInt(color['2'], 10).toString(16)).slice(-2);
   };
};

var colors = new colorClass();
console.log(colors.hexToRgb('#FFFFFF'));//       [255, 255, 255]
console.log(colors.rgbToHex([255, 255, 255]));// #FFFFFF

Answer 54

Fairly straightforward one liner. Splits the rgb by commas, ignores non numerics, converts to hex, pads a 0, and finishes off with a hashbang.

var yellow = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)';
var rgb2hex = str => "#"+str.split(',').map(s => (s.replace(/\D/g,'')|0).toString(16)).map(s => s.length < 2 ? "0"+s : s).join('');

console.log(rgb2hex(yellow));

Answer 55

Short arrow functions

For those who value short arrow function.

Hex2rgb

A arrow function version of David's Answer

const hex2rgb = h => [(x=parseInt(h,16)) >> 16 & 255,x >> 8 & 255, x & 255];

A more flexible solution that supports shortand hex or the hash #

const hex2rgb = h => {
    if(h[0] == '#') {h = h.slice(1)};
    if(h.length <= 3) {h = h[0]+h[0]+h[1]+h[1]+h[2]+h[2]};
    h = parseInt(h,16);
    return [h >> 16 & 255,h >> 8 & 255, h & 255];
};

Rgb2hex

const rgb2hex = (r,g,b) => ((1<<24)+(r<<16)+(g<<8)+b).toString(16).slice(1);

Answer 56

Wow. None of these answers handle edge cases of fractions, etc. Also the bit-shift versions don't work when r, g, b are zero.

Here is a version that can handle if r, g, b are fractional. It is useful for interpolating between colors, so I'm including that code too. But it still doesn't handle the cases where r, g, b are outside the range of 0-255

/**
 * Operates with colors.
 * @class Q.Colors
 */
 Q.Color = {
    /**
     * Get a color somewhere between startColor and endColor
     * @method toHex
     * @static
     * @param {String|Number} startColor 
     * @param {String|Number} endColor 
     * @param {String|Number} fraction 
     * @returns {String} a color as a hex string without '#' in front
     */
    toHex: function (r, g, b) {
        return [r, g, b].map(x => {
            const hex = Math.round(x).toString(16)
            return hex.length === 1 ? '0' + hex : hex
          }).join('');
    },
    /**
     * Get a color somewhere between startColor and endColor
     * @method between
     * @static
     * @param {String|Number} startColor 
     * @param {String|Number} endColor 
     * @param {String|Number} fraction 
     * @returns {String} a color as a hex string without '#' in front
     */
    between: function(startColor, endColor, fraction) {
        if (typeof startColor === 'string') {
            startColor = parseInt(startColor.replace('#', '0x'), 16);
        }
        if (typeof endColor === 'string') {
            endColor = parseInt(endColor.replace('#', '0x'), 16);
        }
        var startRed = (startColor >> 16) & 0xFF;
        var startGreen = (startColor >> 8) & 0xFF;
        var startBlue = startColor & 0xFF;
        var endRed = (endColor >> 16) & 0xFF;
        var endGreen = (endColor >> 8) & 0xFF;
        var endBlue = endColor & 0xFF;
        var newRed = startRed + fraction * (endRed - startRed);
        var newGreen = startGreen + fraction * (endGreen - startGreen);
        var newBlue = startBlue + fraction * (endBlue - startBlue);
        return Q.Color.toHex(newRed, newGreen, newBlue);
    },
    /**
     * Sets a new theme-color on the window
     * @method setWindowTheme
     * @static
     * @param {String} color in any CSS format, such as "#aabbcc"
     * @return {String} the previous color
     */
    setWindowTheme: function (color) {
        var meta = document.querySelector('meta[name="theme-color"]');
        var prevColor = null;
        if (meta) {
            prevColor = meta.getAttribute('content');
        }
        if (color) {
            if (!meta) {
                meta = document.createElement('meta');
                meta.setAttribute('name', 'theme-color');
            }
            meta.setAttribute('content', color);
        }
        return prevColor;
    },
    /**
     * Gets the current window theme color
     * @method getWindowTheme
     * @static
     * @param {String} color in any CSS format, such as "#aabbcc"
     * @return {String} the previous color
     */
    getWindowTheme: function () {
        var meta = document.querySelector('meta[name="theme-color"]');
        return meta.getAttribute('content');
    }
}

Answer 57

The more modern and ES6 approach based on Tim Down's Answer

const hexToRgb = (hex) => {
  // Remove the # character if present
  hex = hex.replace("#", "");

  // Expand shorthand form (e.g. "03F") to full form (e.g. "0033FF")
  if (hex.length === 3) {
    hex = hex.replace(/(.)/g, "$1$1");
  }

  // Verify if the input is a valid hexadecimal color code
  const validHexRegex = /^#?([A-Fa-f0-9]{6}|[A-Fa-f0-9]{3})$/;

  if (!validHexRegex.test(hex)) {
    throw new Error("Invalid Hexadecimal Color Code.");
  }

  // Convert the hex value to decimal
  const [r, g, b] = hex.match(/[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}/g).map((value) => parseInt(value, 16));

  // Return the RGB values as an object
  return {
    r,
    g,
    b
  };
};

// Example usage
const hexCode = "#FF0000";
const rgb = hexToRgb(hexCode);
console.log(rgb); // { r: 255, g: 0, b: 0 }

Answer 58

I whipped up this for use with lodash. It will convert an RGB string such as "30,209,19" to its corresponding hex string "#1ed113":

var rgb = '30,209,19';

var hex = _.reduce(rgb.split(','), function(hexAccumulator, rgbValue) {
    var intColor = _.parseInt(rgbValue);

    if (_.isNaN(intColor)) {
        throw new Error('The value ' + rgbValue + ' was not able to be converted to int');
    }

    // Ensure a value such as 2 is converted to "02".
    var hexColor = _.padLeft(intColor.toString(16), 2, '0');

    return hexAccumulator + hexColor;
}, '#');

Answer 59

You can try this simple piece of code below.

For HEX to RGB

list($r, $g, $b) = sscanf(#7bde84, "#%02x%02x%02x");
echo $r . "," . $g . "," . $b;

This will return 123,222,132

For RGB to HEX

$rgb = (123,222,132),
$rgbarr = explode(",",$rgb,3);
echo sprintf("#%02x%02x%02x", $rgbarr[0], $rgbarr[1], $rgbarr[2]);

This will return #7bde84

Answer 60

Built my own hex to RGB converter. I hope this can help someone out.

Ive used react to sandbox it.

Usage:

Install React from the official documentation or alternatively if you have npx installed globally, run npx create-react-app hex-to-rgb

import React, { Component, Fragment } from 'react';
const styles = {
  display: 'block',
  margin: '20px auto',
  input: {
    width: 170,
  },
  button: {
    margin: '0 auto'
  }
}

//  test case 1
//    #f0f
//  test case 2
//    #ff00ff

class HexToRGBColorConverter extends Component {

  state = {
    result: false,
    color: "#ff00ff",
  }
  
  hexToRgb = color => {    
    let container = [[], [], []];
    // check for shorthand hax string
    if (color.length >= 3) {
      // remove hash from string
      // convert string to array
      color = color.substring(1).split("");
      for (let key = 0; key < color.length; key++) {        
        let value = color[key];
        container[2].push(value);
        // if the length is 3 we 
        // we need to add the value 
        // to the index we just updated
        if (color.length === 3) container[2][key] += value;
      }
      
      for (let index = 0; index < color.length; index++) {
        let isEven = index % 2 === 0;
        // If index is odd an number 
        // push the value into the first
        // index in our container
        if (isEven) container[0].push(color[index]);
        // If index is even an number 
        if (!isEven) {
          // again, push the value into the
          // first index in the container
          container[0] += color[index];
          // Push the containers first index
          // into the second index of the container
          container[1].push(container[0]);
          // Flush the first index of
          // of the container 
          // before starting a new set
          container[0] = [];
        }
      }
      // Check container length
      if (container.length === 3) {
        // Remove only one element of the array
        // Starting at the array's first index
        container.splice(0, 1);
        let values = container[color.length % 2];
        return {
          r: parseInt(values[0], 16),
          g: parseInt(values[1], 16),
          b: parseInt(values[2], 16)
        }
      }
    }
    return false;
  }  

  handleOnClick = event => {
    event.preventDefault();
    const { color } = this.state;
    const state = Object.assign({}, this.state);
    state.result = this.hexToRgb(color);
    this.setState(state);
  }

  handleOnChange = event => {
    event.preventDefault();
    const { value } = event.currentTarget;
    const pattern = /^([a-zA-Z0-9])/;
    const boundaries = [3, 6];
    if (
      pattern.test(value) &&
      boundaries.includes(value.length)
    ) {
      const state = Object.assign({}, this.state);
      state.color = `#${value}`;
      this.setState(state);
    }
  }

  render() {
    const { color, result } = this.state;
    console.log('this.state ', color, result);

    return (
      <Fragment>
        <input 
          type="text" 
          onChange={this.handleOnChange} 
          style={{ ...styles, ...styles.input }} />
        <button 
          onClick={this.handleOnClick}
          style={{ ...styles, ...styles.button }}>
          Convert hex to rgba
        </button>
        { 
          !!result && 
          <div style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
            Converted { color } to { JSON.stringify(result) }
          </div> 
        }
      </Fragment>
    )
  }
}
export default App;

Happy Coding =)

Answer 61

In case this helps anyone, my API has functions for those conversions.

<script src="http://api.xlww.net/xQuery/xQuery.js"></script>
<script>
  x.init();
  var rgb=new x.rgb(37,255,83);
  alert(rgb.hex);
  var hex=new x.hex("#ffa500");
  alert("("+hex.rgb[0]+","+hex.rgb[1]+","+hex.rgb[2]+")");
</script>