Converting from HSV (HSB in Java) to RGB without u

Question

I figured I should post this question, even if I have already found a solution, as a Java implementation was not readily available when I searched for it.

Using HSV instead of RGB allows the generation of colors with the same saturation and brightness (something I wanted).

Google App Engine does not allow use of java.awt.Color, so doing the following to convert between HSV and RGB is not an option:

Color c = Color.getHSBColor(hue, saturation, value);
String rgb = Integer.toHexString(c.getRGB());

Edit: I moved my answer as described in the comment by Nick Johnson.

Ex animo, - Alexander.

Answer 1

You should use the HSBtoRGB implementation provided by Oracle, copying its source code into your project. java.awt.Color is open-source. The algorithms provided by Peter Recore and Yngling are not robust and will return illegal RGB values like "256,256,0" for certain inputs. Oracle's implementation is robust, use it instead.