1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/common/util.c b/common/util.c
index f2302676..73704afd 100644
--- a/common/util.c
+++ b/common/util.c
@@ -102,13 +102,17 @@ pid_t get_parent_pid(pid_t child) {
 }
 
 uint32_t parse_color(const char *color) {
+        if (color[0] == '#') {
+                ++color;
+        }
+
         int len = strlen(color);
-        if (color[0] != '#' || (len != 7 && len != 9)) {
+        if (len != 6 && len != 8) {
                 sway_log(L_DEBUG, "Invalid color %s, defaulting to color 0xFFFFFFFF", color);
                 return 0xFFFFFFFF;
         }
-        uint32_t res = (uint32_t)strtoul(color + 1, NULL, 16);
-        if (strlen(color) == 7) {
+        uint32_t res = (uint32_t)strtoul(color, NULL, 16);
+        if (strlen(color) == 6) {
                 res = (res << 8) | 0xFF;
         }
         return res;