code: function getRGB(color) {
  		var result;
  
  		// Check if we're already dealing with an array of colors
  		if ( color && color.constructor == Array && color.length == 3 )
  			return color;
  
  		// Look for rgb(num,num,num)
  		if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(color))
  			return [parseInt(result[1]), parseInt(result[2]), parseInt(result[3])];
  
  		// Look for rgb(num%,num%,num%)
  		if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(color))
  			return [parseFloat(result[1])*2.55, parseFloat(result[2])*2.55, parseFloat(result[3])*2.55];
  
  		// Look for #a0b1c2
  		if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(color))
  			return [parseInt(result[1],16), parseInt(result[2],16), parseInt(result[3],16)];
  
  		// Look for #fff
  		if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(color))
  			return [parseInt(result[1]+result[1],16), parseInt(result[2]+result[2],16), parseInt(result[3]+result[3],16)];
  
  		// Otherwise, we're most likely dealing with a named color
  		return colors[jQuery.trim(color).toLowerCase()];
  	}
docs: Color Conversion functions from highlightFade By Blair Mitchelmore http://jquery.offput.ca/highlightFade/ Parse strings looking for color tuples [255,255,255]