How to get Windows 10 accent color?

Question

I'm looking for a way to get the color that windows 10 chooses automatically depending on the background image as shown below.

I tried searching, and found

var color = (Color)this.Resources["SystemAccentColor"];

and

var color = (Color)Application.Current.Resources["SystemAccentColor"];

but both thew an exception

System.Exception
  HResult=0x8000FFFF
  Message=Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED))
  Source=<Cannot evaluate the exception source>
  StackTrace:
<Cannot evaluate the exception stack trace>

I strongly suggest including the actual exception type+message in questions you post at stackoverflow. It shows that you have put some effort into diagnosing the problem, and avoids the chance to overlook something obvious. — C.Evenhuis, Sep 12 '19 at 07:05
@Erno de Weerd I am a pretty novice coder and am not sure what an inner exception is but I'm adding the full details now. — master_ruko, Sep 12 '19 at 07:17
Does this answer your question? [C# console get Windows 10 Accent Color](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50840395/c-sharp-console-get-windows-10-accent-color) — GSerg, Jan 15 '23 at 19:38

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 04 '21 at 17:23

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You will get only Hex Color in this code:

Application.Current.Resources["SystemAccentColor"]

You have to convert it into usable color format, here is the solution.

var color = Application.Current.Resources["SystemAccentColor"];
btnTest.Background = GetColorFromHex(color.ToString());

And here is the converting function:

public static SolidColorBrush GetColorFromHex(string hexaColor)
{
    return new SolidColorBrush(
        Color.FromArgb(
        Convert.ToByte(hexaColor.Substring(1, 2), 16),
        Convert.ToByte(hexaColor.Substring(3, 2), 16),
        Convert.ToByte(hexaColor.Substring(5, 2), 16),
        Convert.ToByte(hexaColor.Substring(7, 2), 16)
    ));
}

edited Nov 04 '21 at 17:23

Wai Ha Lee

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answered Sep 12 '19 at 07:16

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Thanks, but the first line of code in your example is throwing an exception as mentioned above. – master_ruko Sep 12 '19 at 07:20
it works fine for me, can you show what error you are getting. – Noorul Sep 12 '19 at 07:23
it turns out that the exception was caused by where I placed the code. It does work for me now that I put it in a good place. Thank you, and sorry for the dumb question. – master_ruko Sep 12 '19 at 07:27
This will not get the correct colour if "Automatically pick an accent color from my background" is enabled. – Aidan Fitzpatrick May 28 '21 at 13:20

How to get Windows 10 accent color?

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