Hex code of a color

[wessamzeidan]

Hi, how can I get the Hexadecimal code of a color from a Color object??

[PlausiblyDamp]

The following will display the Hex value as a string.

Dim c As Color = Color.Red
MessageBox.Show(c.ToArgb.ToString("X"))

[wessamzeidan]

Thanks, it worked fine, but I'm always getting 'FF' before the color. For example

FFE0E0E0...

[PlausiblyDamp]

It is actually converting to a full ARGB format rather than just RGB (the A is the alpha channel).

If you only require the RGB components you could always mask out the A part

Dim c As Color = Color.Red
Dim i, j As Int32
i = c.ToArgb
j = c.ToArgb
i = i And &HFFFFFF

MessageBox.Show(j.ToString("X"))
MessageBox.Show(i.ToString("X"))

the above code does the same as before but j is the full ARGB and i will just be the RGB values.

Out of interest what will you be doing with the Hex values? If you plan on converting back to a colour with the Color.FromARGB() function then you are better of using the full 32-bit ARGB value.

[wessamzeidan]

Thanks alot, it worked.....