Hex Text

Hex colour codes are written as six hexadecimal digits, and the shorthand form abc is also supported. Both upper- and lower-case digits are accepted. A code such as ff8800 switches the text to that exact colour, and the change takes effect on the character immediately following the code. Vanilla colour codes and style toggles can be freely combined with RGB colours in the same message.

Wrapped spans apply a colour until a matching closing tag, and spans can be nested with hex codes placed inside them. Leaving a span returns the text to the colour used before it, drawn from an internal colour stack, so a highlight can be applied temporarily without overwriting the stack. Ampersands work as an alternative to the section sign, and formatting tokens typed with ampersands are converted to section signs when sending chat or editing signs. The server normalises formatting at render time, and the original syntax keeps working as before.

The mod requires UniMixins and runs on Forge for 1.7.10, where its files are the only ones published, with 1.3 as the latest file dated 2026-01-03. Only the client needs Hex Text, while the server can add it for extra features. Hex Text is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, although its source code and issue tracker are public.