pango:color-parse (spec)

spec -- a string specifying a color

The newly created pango:color instance with the result, or nil.

Fill in the fields of a color from a string specification. The string can either one of a large set of standard names, taken from the X11 rgb.txt file, or it can be a hex value in the form #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrrgggbbb or #rrrrggggbbbb where r, g, and b are hex digits of the red, green, and blue components of the color, respectively. White in the four forms is #fff, #ffffff, #fffffffff and #ffffffffffff.

(pango:color-parse "blue")
=> #S(PANGO:COLOR :RED 0 :GREEN 0 :BLUE 65535)
(pango:color-to-string *)
=> "#00000000ffff"
(pango:color-parse "white")
=> #S(PANGO:COLOR :RED 65535 :GREEN 65535 :BLUE 65535)
(pango:color-to-string *)
=> "#ffffffffffff"