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jQuery Convert RGB to Hex Colour Values

Sam Deering
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Two JavaScript functions to convert rgb colour values to hex colour values and then second one converts hex colours values back to rgb. This is very useful for working with html colours and changing colours dynamically using jQuery.

Function to Convert RGB to HEX

function rgb2hex(rgb){
 rgb = rgb.match(/^rgb((d+),s*(d+),s*(d+))$/);
 return "#" +
  ("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);
}

Function to Convert RGB to Hex (version 2)

function RGB2Color(r,g,b)
{
  return '#' + this.byte2Hex(r) + this.byte2Hex(g) + this.byte2Hex(b);
}
function byte2Hex (n)
{
  var nybHexString = "0123456789ABCDEF";
  return String(nybHexString.substr((n >> 4) & 0x0F,1)) + nybHexString.substr(n & 0x0F,1);
}

Function to Convert Hex to RGB

function hexToRgb(h)
{
    var r = parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(0,2),16), g = ((cutHex(h)).substring(2,4),16), b = parseInt((cutHex(h)).substring(4,6),16)
    return r+''+b+''+b;
}
function cutHex(h) {return (h.charAt(0)=="#") ? h.substring(1,7):h}

//usage
console.log(hexToRgb("#FFFFFF"));

Function to Convert HEX to RGB (PHP)

function hex2rgb( $colour ) {
        if ( $colour[0] == '#' ) {
                $colour = substr( $colour, 1 );
        }
        if ( strlen( $colour ) == 6 ) {
                list( $r, $g, $b ) = array( $colour[0] . $colour[1], $colour[2] . $colour[3], $colour[4] . $colour[5] );
        } elseif ( strlen( $colour ) == 3 ) {
                list( $r, $g, $b ) = array( $colour[0] . $colour[0], $colour[1] . $colour[1], $colour[2] . $colour[2] );
        } else {
                return false;
        }
        $r = hexdec( $r );
        $g = hexdec( $g );
        $b = hexdec( $b );
        return array( 'red' => $r, 'green' => $g, 'blue' => $b );
}