from typing import Tuple


def _hex_to_rgb(hex_color: str) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
    """Converts a hex color string to RGB color integers.

    Parameters
    ----------
    hex_color : str
        hex color string

    Returns
    -------
    Tuple[int, int, int]
        tuple of integers describing the RGB (red, green, blue) colors
    """
    if hex_color[0] == "#":
        hex_color = hex_color[1:]
    return int(hex_color[0:2], 16), int(hex_color[2:4], 16), int(hex_color[4:6], 16)