Get the color of a cell from its hexadecimal value

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  2. 2019
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Ejemplo_1.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1ColorHexadecimalColor CodeRGBRGBName Color
2#0048BAAbsolute Zero
3#B0BF1AAcid green
4#7CB9E8Aero
5#C0E8D5Aero blue
6#B284BEAfrican violet
7#72A0C1Air superiority blue
8#EDEAE0Alabaster
9#F0F8FFAlice blue
10#C46210Alloy orange
11#EFDECDAlmond
12#E52B50Amaranth
13#9F2B68Amaranth (M&P)
14#F19CBBAmaranth pink
15#AB274FAmaranth purple
16#D3212DAmaranth red
17#3B7A57Amazon
18#FFBF00Amber
List Of Colors


Dear Best regards, in search of your best advice I am trying to obtain a function that will allow me to get the color of a cell [A2:A975] from the hexadecimal values recorded in another cell [B2:B975]. So far I have only gotten the following basic lines:

VBA Code:
Sub SetHexCol()
Dim i As Integer, LastRow As Integer
LastRow = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To LastRow
    Cells(i, "A").Interior.Color = HexToRgb(Cells(i, "B"))
Next
End Sub

VBA Code:
Function HexToRgb(HexColor As String) As Long
Dim R As String, G As String, B As String
HexColor = Replace(HexColor, "#", "")
R = CLng("&H" & Left(HexColor, 2))
G = CLng("&H" & Mid(HexColor, 3, 2))
B = CLng("&H" & Right(HexColor, 2))
HexToRgb = rgb(R, G, B)
End Function

My idea is that regardless of the cell where the hexadecimal value is located (not just in column B for my case), the function will allow me to fill a cell with the color resulting from the six-character string given to the function.

Thanking you for your valuable help and suggestions to obtain the desired result, I say goodbye
 

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In that case I don't understand what you are asking for. The code you supplied applies the relevant colour to col A based on the Hex code in col B
No, what I am really looking for is a function that allows me to fill the color of a cell from its hexadecimal value.

The lines I have so far allow me to do this but not directly through a UDF, but through a sub()

What I'm looking for is something similar to a function like this one (Change a cell's background color dynamically according to a RGB value stored in other cells), but instead of using the RGB values, I will use the hexadecimal values recorded, in the case of my example, in column "B", to obtain the background color of a cell [column "A"].

Basically I am trying to change the background color of a cell [column A] dynamically, from a hexadecimal value stored in another cell [column B], but from the use of a UDF.

Excuse me if I have not been very clear from the beginning, I tried to save text so as not to extend so much when I asked the question.
 
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Ok, how about
VBA Code:
Function ColourCell(HexColor As String)
Dim R As String, G As String, B As String, x
HexColor = Replace(HexColor, "#", "")
HexColor = Right("000000" & HexColor, 6)
R = Left(HexColor, 2)
G = Mid(HexColor, 3, 2)
B = Right(HexColor, 2)
Clr = Application.Hex2Dec(B & G & R)
x = Evaluate("cellcolour(" & Application.ThisCell.Address & "," & Clr & ")")
ColourCell = ""
End Function
Function CellColour(Cl As Range, Clr As Variant)
Cl.Interior.Color = Clr
End Function
 
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Dear @Fluff , I want to tell you that you are a genius, you got it right, that's really what I was looking for. Excuse me if I wasn't very clear at first, but I didn't want to be so long explaining the procedure which would imply the use of a lot of text in the message.
Thank you very much for your patience and valuable help, and as always be attentive to resolve the doubts of users.
Once again I thank you for your collaboration, a big hug.
 
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Dear @Fluff , I want to tell you that you are a genius, you got it right, that's really what I was looking for. Excuse me if I wasn't very clear at first, but I didn't want to be so long explaining the procedure which would imply the use of a lot of text in the message.
Thank you very much for your patience and valuable help, and as always be attentive to resolve the doubts of users.
Once again I thank you for your collaboration, a big hug.
dear can u share me the file/sheet where you applied this cell coloring VBA Code as i am also trying to apply the code but its not working with me.
 
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