How to get hex color value rather than RGB value?

Question

Using the following jQuery will get the RGB value of an element\'s background color:

$(\'#selector\').css(\'backgroundColor\');

Is there a

Answer 1

color class taken from bootstrap color picker

// Color object
var Color = function(val) {
    this.value = {
        h: 1,
        s: 1,
        b: 1,
        a: 1
    };
    this.setColor(val);
};

Color.prototype = {
    constructor: Color,

    //parse a string to HSB
    setColor: function(val){
        val = val.toLowerCase();
        var that = this;
        $.each( CPGlobal.stringParsers, function( i, parser ) {
            var match = parser.re.exec( val ),
            values = match && parser.parse( match ),
            space = parser.space||'rgba';
            if ( values ) {
                if (space === 'hsla') {
                    that.value = CPGlobal.RGBtoHSB.apply(null, CPGlobal.HSLtoRGB.apply(null, values));
                } else {
                    that.value = CPGlobal.RGBtoHSB.apply(null, values);
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
    },

    setHue: function(h) {
        this.value.h = 1- h;
    },

    setSaturation: function(s) {
        this.value.s = s;
    },

    setLightness: function(b) {
        this.value.b = 1- b;
    },

    setAlpha: function(a) {
        this.value.a = parseInt((1 - a)*100, 10)/100;
    },

    // HSBtoRGB from RaphaelJS
    // https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael/
    toRGB: function(h, s, b, a) {
        if (!h) {
            h = this.value.h;
            s = this.value.s;
            b = this.value.b;
        }
        h *= 360;
        var R, G, B, X, C;
        h = (h % 360) / 60;
        C = b * s;
        X = C * (1 - Math.abs(h % 2 - 1));
        R = G = B = b - C;

        h = ~~h;
        R += [C, X, 0, 0, X, C][h];
        G += [X, C, C, X, 0, 0][h];
        B += [0, 0, X, C, C, X][h];
        return {
            r: Math.round(R*255),
            g: Math.round(G*255),
            b: Math.round(B*255),
            a: a||this.value.a
        };
    },

    toHex: function(h, s, b, a){
        var rgb = this.toRGB(h, s, b, a);
        return '#'+((1 << 24) | (parseInt(rgb.r) << 16) | (parseInt(rgb.g) << 8) | parseInt(rgb.b)).toString(16).substr(1);
    },

    toHSL: function(h, s, b, a){
        if (!h) {
            h = this.value.h;
            s = this.value.s;
            b = this.value.b;
        }
        var H = h,
        L = (2 - s) * b,
        S = s * b;
        if (L > 0 && L <= 1) {
            S /= L;
        } else {
            S /= 2 - L;
        }
        L /= 2;
        if (S > 1) {
            S = 1;
        }
        return {
            h: H,
            s: S,
            l: L,
            a: a||this.value.a
        };
    }
};

how to use

var color = new Color("RGB(0,5,5)");
color.toHex()