How to get hex color value rather than RGB value?

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Using the following jQuery will get the RGB value of an element's background color:

$('#selector').css('backgroundColor');

Is there a way to get the hex value rather than the RGB?

Solution 1

TLDR

Use this clean one-line function with both rgb and rgba support:

const rgba2hex = (rgba) => `#${rgba.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+\.{0,1}\d*))?\)$/).slice(1).map((n, i) => (i === 3 ? Math.round(parseFloat(n) * 255) : parseFloat(n)).toString(16).padStart(2, '0').replace('NaN', '')).join('')}`

2021 updated answer

Much time has passed since I originally answered this question. Then cool ECMAScript 5 and 2015+ features become largely available on browsers, like arrow functions, Array.map, String.padStart and template strings. So now it's possible to write an one-liner rgb2hex:

const rgb2hex = (rgb) => `#${rgb.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/).slice(1).map(n => parseInt(n, 10).toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('')}`

// Use as you wish...
console.log(rgb2hex('rgb(0,0,0)'))
console.log(rgb2hex('rgb(255, 255, 255)'))
console.log(rgb2hex('rgb(255,0,0)'))
console.log(rgb2hex('rgb(38, 170, 90)'))
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Basically, we use a regular expression to get each digit inside the rgb string, slice(1) to get only the digits (the first result of match is the full string itself), map to iterate through each digit, each iteration converting to Number with parseInt, then back to an hexadecimal String (through a base-16 conversion), adding zero if needed via padStart. Finally, just join each converted/adjusted digit to a unique String starting with '#'.

Of course, we could extend it without much effort as an one-liner rgba2hex:

const rgba2hex = (rgba) => `#${rgba.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+\.{0,1}\d*))?\)$/).slice(1).map((n, i) => (i === 3 ? Math.round(parseFloat(n) * 255) : parseFloat(n)).toString(16).padStart(2, '0').replace('NaN', '')).join('')}`

// Now it doesn't matter if 'rgb' or 'rgba'...
console.log(rgba2hex('rgb(0,0,0)'))
console.log(rgba2hex('rgb(255, 255, 255)'))
console.log(rgba2hex('rgb(255,0,0)'))
console.log(rgba2hex('rgb(38, 170, 90)'))
console.log(rgba2hex('rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)'))
console.log(rgba2hex('rgba(0,255,0,1)'))
console.log(rgba2hex('rgba(127,127,127,0.25)'))
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And that's it. But if you want to dive deep in the old school JavaScript world, keep reading.

Original 2010 answer

Here is the cleaner solution I wrote based on @Matt suggestion:

function rgb2hex(rgb) {
    rgb = rgb.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
    function hex(x) {
        return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
    }
    return "#" + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3]);
}

Some browsers already returns colors as hexadecimal (as of Internet Explorer 8 and below). If you need to deal with those cases, just append a condition inside the function, like @gfrobenius suggested:

function rgb2hex(rgb) {
    if (/^#[0-9A-F]{6}$/i.test(rgb)) return rgb;

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

If you're using jQuery and want a more complete approach, you can use CSS Hooks available since jQuery 1.4.3, as I showed when answering this question: Can I force jQuery.css("backgroundColor") returns on hexadecimal format?

Solution 2

var hexDigits = new Array
        ("0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","a","b","c","d","e","f"); 

//Function to convert rgb color to hex format
function rgb2hex(rgb) {
 rgb = rgb.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
 return "#" + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3]);
}

function hex(x) {
  return isNaN(x) ? "00" : hexDigits[(x - x % 16) / 16] + hexDigits[x % 16];
 }

(Source)

Solution 3

Most browsers seem to return the RGB value when using: 

$('#selector').css('backgroundColor');

Only I.E (only 6 tested so far) returns the Hex value.

To avoid error messages in I.E, you could wrap the function in an if statement:

function rgb2hex(rgb) {
     if (  rgb.search("rgb") == -1 ) {
          return rgb;
     } else {
          rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+))?\)$/);
          function hex(x) {
               return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
          }
          return "#" + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3]); 
     }
}

Solution 4

Updated @ErickPetru for rgba compatibility:

function rgb2hex(rgb) {
    rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+))?\)$/);
    function hex(x) {
        return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
    }
    return "#" + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3]);
}

I updated the regex to match the alpha value if defined, but not use it.

Solution 5

Here's an ES6 one liner that doesn't use jQuery:

var rgb = document.querySelector('#selector').style['background-color'];
return '#' + rgb.substr(4, rgb.indexOf(')') - 4).split(',').map((color) => parseInt(color).toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');

Solution 6

Here is a version that also checks for transparent, I needed this since my object was to insert the result into a style attribute, where the transparent version of a hex color is actually the word "transparent"..

function rgb2hex(rgb) {
     if (  rgb.search("rgb") == -1 ) {
          return rgb;
     }
     else if ( rgb == 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)' ) {
         return 'transparent';
     }
     else {
          rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+))?\)$/);
          function hex(x) {
               return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
          }
          return "#" + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3]); 
     }
}

Solution 7

Short

// c - color str e.g."rgb(12,233,43)", result color hex e.g. "#0ce92b"
let rgb2hex=c=>'#'+c.match(/\d+/g).map(x=>(+x).toString(16).padStart(2,0)).join``

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Solution 8

Function that returns background color of an element in hex.

function getBgColorHex(elem){
    var color = elem.css('background-color')
    var hex;
    if(color.indexOf('#')>-1){
        //for IE
        hex = color;
    } else {
        var rgb = color.match(/\d+/g);
        hex = '#'+ ('0' + parseInt(rgb[0], 10).toString(16)).slice(-2) + ('0' + parseInt(rgb[1], 10).toString(16)).slice(-2) + ('0' + parseInt(rgb[2], 10).toString(16)).slice(-2);
    }
    return hex;
}

usage example:

$('#div1').click(function(){
   alert(getBgColorHex($(this));
}

jsfiddle

Solution 9

Readable && Reg-exp free (no Reg-exp)

I've created a function that uses readable basic functions and no reg-exps.
The function accepts color in hex, rgb or rgba CSS format and returns hex representation.
EDIT: there was a bug with parsing out rgba() format, fixed...

function getHexColor( color ){
    //if color is already in hex, just return it...
    if( color.indexOf('#') != -1 ) return color;
    
    //leave only "R,G,B" :
    color = color
                .replace("rgba", "") //must go BEFORE rgb replace
                .replace("rgb", "")
                .replace("(", "")
                .replace(")", "");
    color = color.split(","); // get Array["R","G","B"]
    
    // 0) add leading #
    // 1) add leading zero, so we get 0XY or 0X
    // 2) append leading zero with parsed out int value of R/G/B
    //    converted to HEX string representation
    // 3) slice out 2 last chars (get last 2 chars) => 
    //    => we get XY from 0XY and 0X stays the same
    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);
}

Solution 10

Same answer like @Jim F answer but ES6 syntax , so, less instructions : 

const rgb2hex = (rgb) => {
  if (rgb.search("rgb") === -1) return rgb;
  rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+))?\)$/);
  const hex = (x) => ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
  return "#" + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3]);
};

Solution 11

color class taken from bootstrap color picker

// Color object
var Color = function(val) {
    this.value = {
        h: 1,
        s: 1,
        b: 1,
        a: 1
    };
    this.setColor(val);
};

Color.prototype = {
    constructor: Color,

    //parse a string to HSB
    setColor: function(val){
        val = val.toLowerCase();
        var that = this;
        $.each( CPGlobal.stringParsers, function( i, parser ) {
            var match = parser.re.exec( val ),
            values = match && parser.parse( match ),
            space = parser.space||'rgba';
            if ( values ) {
                if (space === 'hsla') {
                    that.value = CPGlobal.RGBtoHSB.apply(null, CPGlobal.HSLtoRGB.apply(null, values));
                } else {
                    that.value = CPGlobal.RGBtoHSB.apply(null, values);
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
    },

    setHue: function(h) {
        this.value.h = 1- h;
    },

    setSaturation: function(s) {
        this.value.s = s;
    },

    setLightness: function(b) {
        this.value.b = 1- b;
    },

    setAlpha: function(a) {
        this.value.a = parseInt((1 - a)*100, 10)/100;
    },

    // HSBtoRGB from RaphaelJS
    // https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael/
    toRGB: function(h, s, b, a) {
        if (!h) {
            h = this.value.h;
            s = this.value.s;
            b = this.value.b;
        }
        h *= 360;
        var R, G, B, X, C;
        h = (h % 360) / 60;
        C = b * s;
        X = C * (1 - Math.abs(h % 2 - 1));
        R = G = B = b - C;

        h = ~~h;
        R += [C, X, 0, 0, X, C][h];
        G += [X, C, C, X, 0, 0][h];
        B += [0, 0, X, C, C, X][h];
        return {
            r: Math.round(R*255),
            g: Math.round(G*255),
            b: Math.round(B*255),
            a: a||this.value.a
        };
    },

    toHex: function(h, s, b, a){
        var rgb = this.toRGB(h, s, b, a);
        return '#'+((1 << 24) | (parseInt(rgb.r) << 16) | (parseInt(rgb.g) << 8) | parseInt(rgb.b)).toString(16).substr(1);
    },

    toHSL: function(h, s, b, a){
        if (!h) {
            h = this.value.h;
            s = this.value.s;
            b = this.value.b;
        }
        var H = h,
        L = (2 - s) * b,
        S = s * b;
        if (L > 0 && L <= 1) {
            S /= L;
        } else {
            S /= 2 - L;
        }
        L /= 2;
        if (S > 1) {
            S = 1;
        }
        return {
            h: H,
            s: S,
            l: L,
            a: a||this.value.a
        };
    }
};

how to use 

var color = new Color("RGB(0,5,5)");
color.toHex()

Solution 12

Just to add to @Justin's answer above..

it should be 

var rgb = document.querySelector('#selector').style['background-color'];
return '#' + rgb.substr(4, rgb.indexOf(')') - 4).split(',').map((color) => String("0" + parseInt(color).toString(16)).slice(-2)).join('');

As the above parse int functions truncates leading zeroes, thus produces incorrect color codes of 5 or 4 letters may be... i.e. for rgb(216, 160, 10) it produces #d8a0a while it should be #d8a00a.

Thanks

Solution 13

This one looks a bit nicer:

var rgb = $('#selector').css('backgroundColor').match(/\d+/g);
var r   = parseInt(rgb[0], 10);
var g   = parseInt(rgb[1], 10);
var b   = parseInt(rgb[2], 10);
var hex = '#'+ r.toString(16) + g.toString(16) + b.toString(16);

a more succinct one-liner:

var rgb = $('#selector').css('backgroundColor').match(/\d+/g);
var hex = '#'+ Number(rgb[0]).toString(16) + Number(rgb[1]).toString(16) + Number(rgb[2]).toString(16);

forcing jQuery to always return hex:

$.cssHooks.backgroundColor = {
    get: function(elem) {
        if (elem.currentStyle)
            var bg = elem.currentStyle["backgroundColor"];
        else if (window.getComputedStyle) {
            var bg = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elem,
                null).getPropertyValue("background-color");
        }
        if (bg.search("rgb") == -1) {
            return bg;
        } else {
            bg = bg.match(/\d+/g);
            function hex(x) {
                return ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2);
            }
            return "#" + hex(bg[0]) + hex(bg[1]) + hex(bg[2]);
        }
    }
}

Solution 14

Since the question was using JQuery, heres a JQuery plugin based on Daniel Elliotts code:

$.fn.cssAsHex = function(colorProp) {

    var hexDigits = '0123456789abcdef';

    function hex(x) {
        return isNaN(x) ? '00' : hexDigits[(x - x % 16) / 16] + hexDigits[x % 16];
    };

    // Convert RGB color to Hex format
    function rgb2hex(rgb) {
        var rgbRegex = rgb.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
        return '#' + hex(rgbRegex[1]) + hex(rgbRegex[2]) + hex(rgbRegex[3]);
    };

    return rgb2hex(this.css(colorProp));
};

Use it like:

var hexBackgroundColor = $('#myElement').cssAsHex('background-color');

Solution 15

Here's a solution I found that does not throw scripting errors in IE: http://haacked.com/archive/2009/12/29/convert-rgb-to-hex.aspx

Solution 16

Steven Pribilinskiy's answer drops leading zeroes, for example #ff0000 becomes #ff00.

A solution is to append a leading 0 and substring off the last 2 digits.

var rgb = $('#selector').css('backgroundColor').match(/\d+/g);
var hex = '#'+ String('0' + Number(rgb[0]).toString(16)).slice(-2) + String('0' + Number(rgb[1]).toString(16)).slice(-2) + String('0' + Number(rgb[2]).toString(16)).slice(-2);

Solution 17

Improved function "hex"

function hex(x){
    return isNaN(x) ? "00" : hexDigits[x >> 4] + hexDigits[x & 0xf];
    // or option without hexDigits array
    return (x >> 4).toString(16)+(x & 0xf).toString(16);
}

Solution 18

Here is my solution, also does touppercase by the use of an argument and checks for other possible white-spaces and capitalisation in the supplied string.

var a = "rgb(10, 128, 255)";
var b = "rgb( 10, 128, 255)";
var c = "rgb(10, 128, 255 )";
var d = "rgb ( 10, 128, 255 )";
var e = "RGB ( 10, 128, 255 )";
var f = "rgb(10,128,255)";
var g = "rgb(10, 128,)";

var rgbToHex = (function () {
    var rx = /^rgb\s*\(\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*\)$/i;

    function pad(num) {
        if (num.length === 1) {
            num = "0" + num;
        }

        return num;
    }

    return function (rgb, uppercase) {
        var rxArray = rgb.match(rx),
            hex;

        if (rxArray !== null) {
            hex = pad(parseInt(rxArray[1], 10).toString(16)) + pad(parseInt(rxArray[2], 10).toString(16)) + pad(parseInt(rxArray[3], 10).toString(16));

            if (uppercase === true) {
                hex = hex.toUpperCase();
            }

            return hex;
        }

        return;
    };
}());

console.log(rgbToHex(a));
console.log(rgbToHex(b, true));
console.log(rgbToHex(c));
console.log(rgbToHex(d));
console.log(rgbToHex(e));
console.log(rgbToHex(f));
console.log(rgbToHex(g));

On jsfiddle

Speed comparison on jsperf

A further improvement could be to trim() the rgb string

var rxArray = rgb.trim().match(rx),

Solution 19

My beautiful non-standard solution

HTML

<div id="selector" style="background-color:#f5b405"></div>

jQuery

$("#selector").attr("style").replace("background-color:", "");

Result

#f5b405

Solution 20

Convert RGB to Hex

I am using Jasmine protractor and I was getting errors like - Expected [ 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)' ] to contain '#fff'. Below function worked fine for me.

function RGBAToHexA(test:string) {
let sep = test.toString().indexOf(",") > -1 ? "," : " ";
const rgba = test.toString().substring(5).split(")")[0].split(sep);
console.log(rgba)
let r = (+rgba[0]).toString(16),
  g = (+rgba[1]).toString(16),
  b = (+rgba[2]).toString(16),
  a = Math.round(+rgba[3] * 255).toString(16);

    if (r.length == 1)
        r = "0" + r;
    if (g.length == 1)
        g = "0" + g;
    if (b.length == 1)
        b = "0" + b;
    if (a.length == 1)
        a = "0" + a;

return "#" + r + g + b + a;

}

describe('Check CSS', function() {
 
it('should check css of login page', async function(){
        browser.waitForAngularEnabled(true);
        browser.actions().mouseMove(element(by.css('.btn-auth, .btn-auth:hover'))).perform(); // mouse hover on button
        csspage.Loc_auth_btn.getCssValue('color').then(function(color){
            console.log(RGBAToHexA(color))
            expect( RGBAToHexA(color)).toContain(cssData.hoverauth.color);

        })

Solution 21

To all the Functional Programming lovers, here is a somewhat functional approach :)

const getHexColor = (rgbValue) =>
  rgbValue.replace("rgb(", "").replace(")", "").split(",")
    .map(colorValue => (colorValue > 15 ? "0" : "") + colorValue.toString(16))
    .reduce((acc, hexValue) => acc + hexValue, "#")

then use it like:

const testRGB = "rgb(13,23,12)"
getHexColor(testRGB)

Solution 22

my compact version

//Function to convert rgb color to hex format
function rgb2hex(rgb) {
    if(/^#/.test(rgb))return rgb;// if returns colors as hexadecimal
    let re = /\d+/g;
    let hex = x => (x >> 4).toString(16)+(x & 0xf).toString(16);
    return "#"+hex(re.exec(rgb))+hex(re.exec(rgb))+hex(re.exec(rgb));
}
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Solution 23

full cases (rgb, rgba, transparent...etc) solution (coffeeScript)

 rgb2hex: (rgb, transparentDefault=null)->
    return null unless rgb
    return rgb if rgb.indexOf('#') != -1
    return transparentDefault || 'transparent' if rgb == 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'
    rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+))?\)$/);
    hex = (x)->
      ("0" + parseInt(x).toString(16)).slice(-2)

    '#' + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]) + hex(rgb[3])

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