Re: Exact syntax for <color> values

2009/4/13 Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>:
> I’m trying to work out the exact syntax that RGB <color> values have,
> according to CSS 2.1.  http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html says:
>
>  The format of an RGB value in the functional notation is "rgb("
>  followed by a comma-separated list of three numerical values (either
>  three integer values or three percentage values) followed by ")". The
>  integer value 255 corresponds to 100%, and to F or FF in the
>  hexadecimal notation: rgb(255,255,255) = rgb(100%,100%,100%) = #FFF.
>  Whitespace characters are allowed around the numerical values.
>
> A couple of specific questions:
>
>  * Are the integers within the parentheses <integer>s or something
>    else?

They're <integer>s (at least, this is my assumption). Section 4.3.1
has some clarifications about "integers" and "<integer>s"

>  * Are the percentages within the parentheses ‘<integer> "%"’,
>    ‘<number> "%"’ or something else?

<percentage> is defined in
<http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#value-def-percentage> as
<number> '%'

> Thanks,
>
> Cameron
>
> --
> Cameron McCormack ≝ http://mcc.id.au/
>
>

Giovanni

Received on Monday, 13 April 2009 09:12:59 UTC