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CSS

Posted by Pranjal Agnihotri
Pranjal Agnihotri
4,187 Points

Difference b/w these two [CSS]

Hey everyone , What is the difference b/w representing color in hexadecimal vs in rgb().

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

The colors produced by a hex value are exactly the same as the colors produced by the "rgb" function. The only difference is how the numeric values of the three color components are represented (hex vs. decimal).

There's also an "rgba" function, which takes an additional argument to set the opacity level at the same time as the color. There's no equivalent to this using the hex values.