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Posted by Kailash Seshadri
Kailash Seshadri
3,087 Points

Hexadecimal values

This is just been bothering me, but one thing has been confusing me for a while... Take the following code for example:

* {
  color: #abc;
}
/*  Does this hex value: #abc, in full form mean #aabbcc or #abcabc?   */

this has been confusing me for a while now and i just want to confirm the correct full form...Thanks!!

John Collom
John Collom
12,143 Points

From what I understand, that is a shorthand for #aabbcc.

Christopher Gilbert
Christopher Gilbert
6,239 Points

John Collom has it right. To make it easier fff is translated to ff-ff-ff and 000 becomes 00-00-00. So abc becomes aa-bb-cc. Hexadecimal values use 3 two digit values to create color so anytime abbreviation is used browsers automatically expand the abbreviation into a full 6 digit hex value.

1 Answer

Mike Schaming
Mike Schaming
13,925 Points

What John Collom said- hexadecimal short hand is for when the values are the same for each color type- red, green, and blue.