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

I liked the @AJFarkas answer and append the support for shortcut hex (#fff) to it

function hexToRGB(hex, alpha) {
    if (!hex || [4, 7].indexOf(hex.length) === -1) {
        return; // throw new Error('Bad Hex');
    }

    hex = hex.substr(1);
    // if shortcuts (#F00) -> set to normal (#FF0000)
    if (hex.length === 3) { 
        hex = hex.split('').map(function(el){ 
              return el + el + '';
            }).join('');
    }

    var r = parseInt(hex.slice(0, 2), 16),
        g = parseInt(hex.slice(2, 4), 16),
        b = parseInt(hex.slice(4, 6), 16);

    if (alpha !== undefined) {
        return "rgba(" + r + ", " + g + ", " + b + ", " + alpha + ")";
    } else {
        return "rgb(" + r + ", " + g + ", " + b + ")";
    }
}

document.write(hexToRGB('#FF0000', 0.5));
document.write('
');
document.write(hexToRGB('#F00', 0.4));