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Colour Picker doesn't correctly load with a HEXA value

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#2,550 opened on Jun 24, 2026

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Description

Describe the bug

It looks like if you supply a HEXA value to the colour picker, that it won't interpret it correctly and the opacity value is lost.

Demo

https://codepen.io/brendon-the-animator/pen/XJpggNd

You'll notice that the opacity value gets lost in the interface and the form will submit just a a HEX value unless the opacity is changed.

Browser / OS

  • OS: Mac
  • Browser: Safari, Chrome
  • Browser version: Latest

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the color picker's HEXA value parsing logic and trace where the opacity is lost during load.
Tech stack
typescriptweb components
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Git
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75