Regex for CSS colors: hex, rgb(a), hsl(a)

css-color-regex

/(#([0-9a-f]{3}){1,2}|(rgba|hsla)\(\d{1,3}%?(,\s?\d{1,3}%?){2},\s?(1|0?\.\d+)\)|(rgb|hsl)\(\d{1,3}%?(,\s?\d{1,3}%?\)){2})/i

@olmokramer Sorry but of all the items in your bullet list above, only the last item seems to be true as regards valid values, at least nowadays (I know you posted a couple of years back)

• rgb() and rgba() are now interchangeable, and so are hsl() and hsla(). They are now considered aliases.
• second item is still partially true, but for different reason. rgb() accepts percentages. But only when ALL 3 color components are %.
• rgb() accepts out of range values, including negative. The renderer just clamps it into the accepted range. This includes alpha value.

Also I would like to point out that in general, a single regex that captures all possible values across all color spaces, hex, named colors, etc. is difficult to formulate especially if:

• you need to retrieve values of the color components from capturing groups
• you need to impose strict rules per color model (rgb vs. hsl)

It is still better to test the color string against different specialized patterns to determine which one matches (if any).

none keyword allowed in latest syntax (while values are space seprated not comma separated ) hen how to capture these

following are valid css

• rgb(none 10 20)
• hsl(120deg none none)
• hwb(200 none 0.5)

Here's the regular expression I've got. It recognizes hex-colors and a few simple color functions. I'm using it in a remarkjs plugin to add color squares next to colors, similar to how GitHub does this: #4F82A9.

/^(#(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{3}){1,2}|#(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){1,2}|rgba?\(\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?\s*,\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?\s*,\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?\s*(?:,\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*)?\)|rgba?\(\s*(?:\d*(?:\.\d*)?%|0)\s*,\s*(?:\d*(?:\.\d*)?%|0)\s*,\s*(?:\d*(?:\.\d*)?%|0)\s*(?:,\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*)?\)|rgba?\(\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s+\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s+\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*(?:\/\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*)?\)|hsla?\(\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?(?:deg|grad|rad|turn)?\s*,\s*(?:\d*(?:\.\d*)?%|0)\s*,\s*(?:\d*(?:\.\d*)?%|0)\s*(?:,\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*)?\)|h(?:sla?|wb)\(\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?(?:deg|grad|rad|turn)?\s+\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s+\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*(?:\/\s*\d*(?:\.\d*)?%?\s*)?\))$/

const num = String.raw`\d*(?:\.\d*)?`;
const percent = `(?:${num}%|0)`;
const numOrPercent = `${num}%?`;
const alpha = numOrPercent;
const hue = `${num}(?:deg|grad|rad|turn)?`;

const colorFuncs = [
  // Hex colors: #000, #0000, #000000, #00000000
  `#(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{3}){1,2}`,
  `#(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){1,2}`,
  // Legacy rgb/rgba: rgba(1,2,3,0.5)
  String.raw`rgba?\(\s*${num}\s*,\s*${num}\s*,\s*${num}\s*(?:,\s*${alpha}\s*)?\)`,
  String.raw`rgba?\(\s*${percent}\s*,\s*${percent}\s*,\s*${percent}\s*(?:,\s*${alpha}\s*)?\)`,
  // Modern rgb/rgba: rgba(1 2 3/0.5)
  String.raw`rgba?\(\s*${numOrPercent}\s+${numOrPercent}\s+${numOrPercent}\s*(?:/\s*${alpha}\s*)?\)`,
  // Legacy hsl/hsla: hsl(1deg,2%,3%,0.5)
  String.raw`hsla?\(\s*${hue}\s*,\s*${percent}\s*,\s*${percent}\s*(?:,\s*${alpha}\s*)?\)`,
  // Modern hsl/hsla/hwb: hsla(1deg 2% 3%/0.5)
  String.raw`h(?:sla?|wb)\(\s*${hue}\s+${numOrPercent}\s+${numOrPercent}\s*(?:/\s*${alpha}\s*)?\)`,
];

export const ColorRegex = new RegExp(`^(${colorFuncs.join("|")})$`);

This regex doesn't recognize keywords and more advanced color functions, but for my use case I don't need that much specificity. You can extend this further by looking at what values are valid in the CSS specification.