Hex Colors

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Hex colours are colours you can use in web pages. A good site for finding them is www.color-hex.com

Explanation
Hex colours work off of Hexadecimal, where the first two digits control the red value, the second two digits control the green value, and the last two digits control the blue value. It looks like this: You can also add transparency to a hex colour by adding two more digits to the end, called the alpha section. It looks like this: For example, this is what a light blue hex code would look like:
 * 1) RR GG BB
 * 1) RR GG BB AA
 * 1) ADD8E6

Uses
You can use hex codes for a lot of things in web development. Colouring the background and some CSS divs can be done with hex codes. Now, one might ask "Why not just use custom CSS colours or RGB/HSV values for this?" Because hex codes are really just RGB values with an added alpha section and instead of only numbers it works with a hexadecimal system. Here is a simple CSS script that colours the background light blue with hex codes: body {

background-color: #ADD8E6;

} If one is confused on which hex code to use, simply search up "hex code determiner" on the internet and there will be several websites either teaching you how to determine one or how to find your correct colour.