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Hex triplet

A hex triplet is a 3 byte number used in html and css to represent colors, represented in hexadecimal (hex for short). Since a byte is 8 bits, values of each element can go from 00 to FF (which is 0 to 255 in decimal), and you can create 1 number by just running the bits together, to form 000000 (black) till FFFFFF (white)

1. byte: red value
2. byte: green value
3. byte : blue value

Table of contents

1 Construction 2 examples 3 See also

Construction

If you want to construct a hex triplet,

1. try to figure out the RGB coordinates of your color (for instance, red) :

2. (255, 0, 0)
   
   

   Convert the numbers to hexadecimal values:

3. (FF, 00, 00)
   
   

   then just run them together:

#FF0000

examples

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Blue : #0000FF

Red : #FF0000

Dark Red : #A00000

Grey : #A0A0A0 (note that any hex triplet whose three bytes are identical will result in a shade of grey)

Dark Yellow : #A0A000

See also

• hexadecimal
• html and css
• color
• RGB color model
• See Especially: web colors to see how hex triplets are applied on the WWW.

And for further examples: Hex triplets for each color are listed under:

Colors White | Gray | Black Red | Orange | Yellow | Green | Blue | Indigo | Violet Aquamarine | Brown | Gold | Coral | Crimson | Cyan | Magenta | Maroon | Ochre | Pink | Purple

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