CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
HexToRGB is the opposite of RGBtoHex. HexToRGB converts a 6 character hexadecimal color value into an RGB list (rr,gg,bb).

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<CFSET Color="33ccff">
<cfoutput>
The RGB values for #Color# are: #HextoRGB(Color)#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Convert a hexadecimal color into a RGB color value.
 * 
 * @param hexColor      6 character hexadecimal color value. 
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Eric Carlisle (ericc@nc.rr.com) 
 * @version 1.0, November 6, 2001 
 */
function HexToRGB(hexColor){
  /* Strip out poundsigns. */
  Var tHexColor = replace(hexColor,'##','','ALL');
    
  /* Establish vairable for RGB color. */
  Var RGBlist='';
  Var RGPpart='';    

  /* Initialize i */
  Var i=0;

  /* Loop through each hex triplet */
  for (i=1; i lte 5; i=i+2){
    RGBpart = InputBaseN(mid(tHexColor,i,2),16);
    RGBlist = listAppend(RGBlist,RGBpart);
  }
  return RGBlist;
}