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Lill Lansey
Lill Lansey

Reputation: 4915

How do I dynamically change color in C# to a hex value?

I know how to set a control's BackColor dynamically in C# to a named color with a statement such as Label1.BackColor = Color.LightSteelBlue; ( using System.Drawing; )

But how do I convert a hex value into a System.Color , ie Label1.BackColor = "#B5C7DE

Upvotes: 6

Views: 14640

Answers (4)

Thomas Levesque
Thomas Levesque

Reputation: 292355

string hexColor = "#B5C7DE";
Color color = ColorTranslator.FromHtml(hexColor);

Upvotes: 7

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 22016

I would use the color translator as so:

var color = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#FF1133");

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 10

heavyd
heavyd

Reputation: 17691

You can use the Color.FromArgb method:

Label1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(0xB5C7DE);

Upvotes: 0

Lou Franco
Lou Franco

Reputation: 89152

Color.FromArgb(0xB5C7DE);

or, if you want to parse the string

private Color ParseColor(string s, Color defaultColor)
{
    try
    {
        ColorConverter cc = new ColorConverter();
        Color c = (Color)(cc.ConvertFromString(s));

        if (c != null)
        {
            return c;
        }
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
    }
    return defaultColor;
}

This function just returns the default if it can't parse s. You could just let the exception through if you'd rather handle exceptions yourself.

Upvotes: 0

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