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+# color-icon
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+Serves a small solid color icon to use in GitHub Markdown or similar usecases.
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+---
+
+Live example:
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+`![0d254c](https://checksch.de/color-icon/hex/0d254c)`
+
+- ![0d254c](https://checksch.de/color-icon/hex/0d254c) `#0d254c`
+- ![c40233](https://checksch.de/color-icon/hex/c40233) `#c40233`
+- ![ffffff](https://checksch.de/color-icon/hex/ffffff) `#ffffff`
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