in reply to Hex to array conversion
my @rgb = map {hex($_) } unpack 'xa2a2a2', "#FF00FF"; print "(",join(',',@rgb),")\n"; [download]
$str = '#FE00FD'; $str =~ tr/0-9a-fA-F//cd; # remove non-hex characters my @rgb = unpack 'C*', pack 'H*', $str; # pack hex as 3 bytes, unpack + into list of 3 character codes $" = ","; $\ = "\n"; print "(@rgb)"; [download]
(254,0,253) [download]