How to Get an Element's Background Color Hex Code in JavaScript?

Hex Code of Element Background Color

In this tutorial, we dive into a common programming challenge: obtaining the hexadecimal color code of an element's background color using JavaScript.

Example:

Consider the following HTML and CSS code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="div">
<p><strong>Using jQuery:</strong></p>
<p>Using the jQuery library, you can directly access the CSS properties of an element:</p>
<pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">console.log($(".div").css("background-color"));

Custom JavaScript Solution:

Alternatively, you can utilize a custom JavaScript function to extract the color value in hexadecimal format:

var color = '';
$('div').click(function() {
  var x = $(this).css('backgroundColor');
  hexc(x);
  console.log(color);
})

function hexc(colorval) {
  var parts = colorval.match(/^rgb\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)\)$/);
  delete(parts[0]);
  for (var i = 1; i <p>By clicking on the element, you can retrieve the hexadecimal color code and display it in the console.</p>