chroma-js/src/io/hex/hex2rgb.js

JavaScript library for color conversions

const RE_HEX = /^#?([A-Fa-f0-9]{6}|[A-Fa-f0-9]{3})$/;
const RE_HEXA = /^#?([A-Fa-f0-9]{8})$/;

const hex2rgb = (hex) => {
    if (hex.match(RE_HEX)) {
        // remove optional leading #
        if (hex.length === 4 || hex.length === 7) {
            hex = hex.substr(1);
        }
        // expand short-notation to full six-digit
        if (hex.length === 3) {
            hex = hex.split('');
            hex = hex[0]+hex[0]+hex[1]+hex[1]+hex[2]+hex[2];
        }
        const u = parseInt(hex, 16);
        const r = u >> 16;
        const g = u >> 8 & 0xFF;
        const b = u & 0xFF;
        return [r,g,b,1];
    }

    // match rgba hex format, eg #FF000077
    if (hex.match(RE_HEXA)) {
        if (hex.length === 9) {
            // remove optional leading #
            hex = hex.substr(1);
        }
        const u = parseInt(hex, 16);
        const r = u >> 24 & 0xFF;
        const g = u >> 16 & 0xFF;
        const b = u >> 8 & 0xFF;
        const a = Math.round((u & 0xFF) / 0xFF * 100) / 100;
        return [r,g,b,a];
    }

    // we used to check for css colors here
    // if _input.css? and rgb = _input.css hex
    //     return rgb

    throw new Error(`unknown hex color: ${hex}`);
}

module.exports = hex2rgb;