Convert Hex to RGBA

Question

My fiddle - http://jsbin.com/pitu/1/edit

I wanted to try an easy hex to rgba conversion. Ever browser I\'ve used renders colors using rgb as default so when using th

Answer 1

ES6 modern, RegEx free, solution with error checking and constant arrow function, that returns null for errors. If alpha is not given then the default value of one is used:

const hexToRGB = (hex, alpha = 1) => {
    let parseString = hex;
    if (hex.startsWith('#')) {parseString = hex.slice(1, 7);}
    if (parseString.length !== 6) {return null;}
    const r = parseInt(parseString.slice(0, 2), 16);
    const g = parseInt(parseString.slice(2, 4), 16);
    const b = parseInt(parseString.slice(4, 6), 16);
    if (isNaN(r) || isNaN(g) || isNaN(b)) {return null;}
    return `rgba(${r}, ${g}, ${b}, ${alpha})`;
};

Note: It returns null for errors. You may replace {return null;} with a throw statement: {throw "Not a valid hex color!";}, but then you should call it from within try-catch:

hexToRGB("#3454r5") => null
hexToRGB("#345465") => rgba(52, 84, 101, 1)
hexToRGB("#345465", 0.5) => rgba(52, 84, 101, 0.5)