diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_Utils.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_Utils.hpp
index 147f51970..10e2a6f94 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_Utils.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_Utils.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ static std::array<float, 4> decode_color_to_float_array(const std::string color)
             ret[j] = float(digit1 * 16 + digit2) / 255.0f;
         }
     }
+    else if (color.size() == 9 && color.front() == '#') {
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+            int digit1 = hex_to_int(*c++);
+            int digit2 = hex_to_int(*c++);
+            if (digit1 == -1 || digit2 == -1) break;
+
+            ret[j] = float(digit1 * 16 + digit2) / 255.0f;
+        }
+    }
     return ret;
 }