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+---
+title: hex_to_rgb
+tags: string,math,intermediate
+---
+
+Converts a hexadecimal color code to a tuple of integers corresponding to its RGB components.
+
+Use a list comprehension in combination with `int()` and list slice notation to get the RGB components from the hexadecimal string.
+Use `tuple()` to convert the resulting list to a tuple.
+
+```py
+def hex_to_rgb(hex):
+  return tuple(int(hex[i:i+2], 16) for i in (0, 2, 4))
+```
+
+```py
+hex_to_rgb('FFA501') # (255, 165, 1)
+```