1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
index 46c599abe..454fd5a0c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ColorBox.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class ColorBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps, ColorDocument
                 else if (RichTextMenu.Instance?.TextViewFieldKey && window.getSelection()?.toString() !== "") {
                     Doc.Layout(view.props.Document)[RichTextMenu.Instance.TextViewFieldKey + "-color"] = color.hex;
                 } else {
-                    Doc.Layout(view.props.Document)._backgroundColor = color.hex; // '_backgroundColor' is template specific.  'backgroundColor' would apply to all templates, but has no UI at the moment
+                    Doc.Layout(view.props.Document)._backgroundColor = color.hex + (color.rgb.a ? Math.round(color.rgb.a * 256).toString(16) : ""); // '_backgroundColor' is template specific.  'backgroundColor' would apply to all templates, but has no UI at the moment
                 }
             }
         });