code: def parse_color(color):
      """Take any css color definition and give back a tuple containing the
      r, g, b, a values along with a type which can be: #rgb, #rgba, #rrggbb,
      #rrggbbaa, rgb, rgba
      """
      r = g = b = a = type = None
      if color.startswith("#"):
          color = color[1:]
          if len(color) == 3:
              type = "#rgb"
              color = color + "f"
          if len(color) == 4:
              type = type or "#rgba"
              color = "".join([c * 2 for c in color])
          if len(color) == 6:
              type = type or "#rrggbb"
              color = color + "ff"
          assert len(color) == 8
          type = type or "#rrggbbaa"
          r, g, b, a = [
              int("".join(c), 16) for c in zip(color[::2], color[1::2])
          ]
          a /= 255
      elif color.startswith("rgb("):
          type = "rgb"
          color = color[4:-1]
          r, g, b, a = [int(c) for c in color.split(",")] + [1]
      elif color.startswith("rgba("):
          type = "rgba"
          color = color[5:-1]
          r, g, b, a = [int(c) for c in color.split(",")[:-1]] + [
              float(color.split(",")[-1])
          ]
      return r, g, b, a, type
  
file_path: pygal/pygal/colors.py
imports: from __future__ import division
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling a global function with example usage: parse_color(color) and returns: r,  g,  b,  a,  type