hex color

Web shade code

A hex color is a six-character code representing a color in digital displays, preceded by a hash symbol: The designer specified #FF5733 for the buttons.

Each pair of characters indicates the intensity of red, green, and blue components, using hexadecimal notation (0-9 and A-F).

Web designers and developers use hex colors constantly in CSS and HTML.

Also called hex code.

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