Functions to convert between different color formats

color_conversion.py

def hex_to_rgb(value):
    '''
    Converts hex to rgb colours
    value: string of 6 characters representing a hex colour.
    Returns: list length 3 of RGB values'''
    value = value.strip("#") # removes hash symbol if present
    lv = len(value)
    return tuple(int(value[i:i + lv // 3], 16) for i in range(0, lv, lv // 3))


def rgb_to_dec(value):
    '''
    Converts rgb to decimal colours (i.e. divides each value by 256)
    value: list (length 3) of RGB values
    Returns: list (length 3) of decimal values'''
    return [v/256 for v in value]