diff --git a/lexer/theme-lexer.l b/lexer/theme-lexer.l
index c6a7795f..ccd08976 100644
--- a/lexer/theme-lexer.l
+++ b/lexer/theme-lexer.l
@@ -433,17 +433,17 @@ if ( queue == NULL ){
 }
 <PROPERTIES>rgba\({NUMBER}{1,3},{NUMBER}{1,3},{NUMBER}{1,3},[01](\.{NUMBER}+)?\) {
     char *endptr = &yytext[5];
-    yylval->colorval.red = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr, &endptr, 10);
-    yylval->colorval.green= g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10);
-    yylval->colorval.blue= g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10);
+    yylval->colorval.red = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr, &endptr, 10)/255.0;
+    yylval->colorval.green= g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10)/255.0;
+    yylval->colorval.blue= g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10)/255.0;
     yylval->colorval.alpha= g_ascii_strtod ( endptr+1, NULL);
     return T_COLOR;
 }
 <PROPERTIES>rgb\({NUMBER}{1,3},{NUMBER}{1,3},{NUMBER}{1,3}\) {
     char *endptr = &yytext[4];
-    yylval->colorval.red   = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr, &endptr, 10);
-    yylval->colorval.green = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10);
-    yylval->colorval.blue  = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10);
+    yylval->colorval.red   = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr, &endptr, 10)/255.0;
+    yylval->colorval.green = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10)/255.0;
+    yylval->colorval.blue  = g_ascii_strtoull ( endptr+1, &endptr, 10)/255.0;
     yylval->colorval.alpha = 1.0;
     return T_COLOR;
 }
diff --git a/test/theme-parser-test.c b/test/theme-parser-test.c
index 1846a57c..d9ce8132 100644
--- a/test/theme-parser-test.c
+++ b/test/theme-parser-test.c
@@ -348,6 +348,135 @@ int main ( int argc, char ** argv )
         rofi_theme_free ( rofi_theme );
         rofi_theme = NULL;
     }
+    {
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+        error = 0;
+        rofi_theme_parse_string ( "* { red: #FF0000; green: #00FF00; blue: #0000FF; }");
+        TASSERT ( error == 0 );
+        ThemeWidget *twid = rofi_theme_find_widget ( wid.name, wid.state, FALSE );
+        Property    *p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "red", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "green", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "blue", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 1 );
+        rofi_theme_free ( rofi_theme );
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+    }
+    {
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+        error = 0;
+        rofi_theme_parse_string ( "* { red: #33FF0000; green: #2200FF00; blue: #110000FF; }");
+        TASSERT ( error == 0 );
+        ThemeWidget *twid = rofi_theme_find_widget ( wid.name, wid.state, FALSE );
+        Property    *p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "red", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 0.2 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "green", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 1/7.5 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "blue", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 1/15.0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 1 );
+        rofi_theme_free ( rofi_theme );
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+    }
+    {
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+        error = 0;
+        rofi_theme_parse_string ( "* { red: rgb(255,0,0); green: rgb(0,255,0); blue: rgb(0,0,255); }");
+        TASSERT ( error == 0 );
+        ThemeWidget *twid = rofi_theme_find_widget ( wid.name, wid.state, FALSE );
+        Property    *p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "red", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "green", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "blue", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 1 );
+        rofi_theme_free ( rofi_theme );
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+    }
+    {
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+        error = 0;
+        rofi_theme_parse_string ( "* { red: rgba(255,0,0,0.3); green: rgba(0,255,0,0.2); blue: rgba(0,0,255,0.7); }");
+        TASSERT ( error == 0 );
+        ThemeWidget *twid = rofi_theme_find_widget ( wid.name, wid.state, FALSE );
+        Property    *p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "red", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 0.3 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "green", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 0.2 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "blue", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 0.7 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 1 );
+        rofi_theme_free ( rofi_theme );
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+    }
+    {
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+        error = 0;
+        rofi_theme_parse_string ( "* { red: argb:33FF0000; green: argb:2200FF00; blue: argb:110000FF; }");
+        TASSERT ( error == 0 );
+        ThemeWidget *twid = rofi_theme_find_widget ( wid.name, wid.state, FALSE );
+        Property    *p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "red", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 0.2 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "green", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 1/7.5 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 1 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 0 );
+        p   = rofi_theme_find_property ( twid, P_COLOR, "blue", FALSE );
+        TASSERT ( p != NULL );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.alpha == 1/15.0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.red  == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.green == 0 );
+        TASSERT ( p->value.color.blue == 1 );
+        rofi_theme_free ( rofi_theme );
+        rofi_theme = NULL;
+    }
     {
         rofi_theme = NULL;
         rofi_theme_parse_file ("/dev/null");