Photoshop hexadecimal colors problem

I use hexadecimal colors in my html / css web design (eg. #214285). When I use this color in Photoshop 8 it does not reproduce the exact color (Enhance / Adjust Color / Replace Color...and enter the hexa code). Instead I have to play with the Hue, Saturation, Brightness settings and I can never seem to replicate the color exactly. Is there someway to just enter the hexadecimal code as I do in HTML / CSS and not have to use H, S, B settings. Can I disable those? I understand that the hexadecimal settings are the just the RGB settings in photoshop, but I can't seem to get away from the H,S,B settings that wrecks my color replication.
I'm a noob and I did spend quite a bit of time reading the adobe forums, photoshop help and book I have and I just can't seem to figure out how to use hexa codes only to represent color. Please forgive me if this is a really elementary question.

Hi Patrick,
Have you tried using the Only web colors option on the bottom of the screen and then tried entering the hex values?

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I was wondering if you could help me with this problem，I really need some help，and here it is：
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Above：Image 2
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