How to convert hex to rgb using Java?

Question

How can I convert hex color to RGB code in Java? Mostly in Google, samples are on how to convert from RGB to hex.

Answer 1

Here is a version that handles both RGB and RGBA versions:

/**
 * Converts a hex string to a color. If it can't be converted null is returned.
 * @param hex (i.e. #CCCCCCFF or CCCCCC)
 * @return Color
 */
public static Color HexToColor(String hex) 
{
    hex = hex.replace("#", "");
    switch (hex.length()) {
        case 6:
            return new Color(
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(0, 2), 16),
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(2, 4), 16),
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(4, 6), 16));
        case 8:
            return new Color(
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(0, 2), 16),
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(2, 4), 16),
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(4, 6), 16),
            Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(6, 8), 16));
    }
    return null;
}

Answer 2

A hex color code is #RRGGBB

RR, GG, BB are hex values ranging from 0-255

Let's call RR XY where X and Y are hex character 0-9A-F, A=10, F=15

The decimal value is X*16+Y

If RR = B7, the decimal for B is 11, so value is 11*16 + 7 = 183

public int[] getRGB(String rgb){
    int[] ret = new int[3];
    for(int i=0; i<3; i++){
        ret[i] = hexToInt(rgb.charAt(i*2), rgb.charAt(i*2+1));
    }
    return ret;
}

public int hexToInt(char a, char b){
    int x = a < 65 ? a-48 : a-55;
    int y = b < 65 ? b-48 : b-55;
    return x*16+y;
}

Answer 3

Lots of these solutions work, but this is an alternative.

String hex="#00FF00"; // green
long thisCol=Long.decode(hex)+4278190080L;
int useColour=(int)thisCol;

If you don't add 4278190080 (#FF000000) the colour has an Alpha of 0 and won't show.

Answer 4

Here is another faster version that handles RGBA versions:

public static int hexToIntColor(String hex){
    int Alpha = Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(0, 2), 16);
    int Red = Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(2, 4), 16);
    int Green = Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(4, 6), 16);
    int Blue = Integer.valueOf(hex.substring(6, 8), 16);
    Alpha = (Alpha << 24) & 0xFF000000;
    Red = (Red << 16) & 0x00FF0000;
    Green = (Green << 8) & 0x0000FF00;
    Blue = Blue & 0x000000FF;
    return Alpha | Red | Green | Blue;
}

Answer 5

The easiest way:

// 0000FF
public static Color hex2Rgb(String colorStr) {
    return new Color(Integer.valueOf(colorStr, 16));
}

Answer 6

The other day I'd been solving the similar issue and found convenient to convert hex color string to int array [alpha, r, g, b]:

 /**
 * Hex color string to int[] array converter
 *
 * @param hexARGB should be color hex string: #AARRGGBB or #RRGGBB
 * @return int[] array: [alpha, r, g, b]
 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
 */

public static int[] hexStringToARGB(String hexARGB) throws IllegalArgumentException {

    if (!hexARGB.startsWith("#") || !(hexARGB.length() == 7 || hexARGB.length() == 9)) {

        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Hex color string is incorrect!");
    }

    int[] intARGB = new int[4];

    if (hexARGB.length() == 9) {
        intARGB[0] = Integer.valueOf(hexARGB.substring(1, 3), 16); // alpha
        intARGB[1] = Integer.valueOf(hexARGB.substring(3, 5), 16); // red
        intARGB[2] = Integer.valueOf(hexARGB.substring(5, 7), 16); // green
        intARGB[3] = Integer.valueOf(hexARGB.substring(7), 16); // blue
    } else hexStringToARGB("#FF" + hexARGB.substring(1));

    return intARGB;
}