How to convert 3-digit HTML hex colors to 6-digit flex hex colors

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Trinu picture Trinu · Apr 19, 2012 · Viewed 15.8k times · Source

I want to convert a three-digit hex color which is coming from HTML CSS to a six-digit hex color for Flex. Can anyone give me code to convert 3-digit hex colors to their 6-digit equivalents?

Answer

mrab picture mrab · Apr 19, 2012

The three digit hex colors are expanded by doubling each digit (see w3 spec). So #F3A gets expanded to #FF33AA.

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