How to get Random HEX Color with JavaScript

14 December 2010 by Rick ~ 0 Comments 900 views

Use JavaScript to generate a random HEX Color Code

function random_color() {
        var letters = '0123456789ABCDEF'.split('');
        var color = '#';
        for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++ ) {
            color += letters[Math.round(Math.random() * 15)];
        }
        return color;
    }

Use jQuery

You could also use jQuery to apply the random color to your element ;)

$('#my_id').css('color', random_color());

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