How to convert Hex to RGB?

Question

I am trying to use this to figure out if a color is light or dark

Evaluate whether a HEX value is dark or light

Now. It takes in a int

Answer 1

The ranges of the R, G and B from the Color struct are 0-255.

To get the rgb value you expect in your function, you will need to left shift accordingly:

int rgb = (int)color.R << 16 + (int)color.G << 8 + color.B;