diff --git a/lib/color-util.test.ts b/lib/color-util.test.ts
index f319921..fa7e8c9 100644
--- a/lib/color-util.test.ts
+++ b/lib/color-util.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { clampedBytesToRGBColor, clampedByteToHex } from "./color-util";
+import {
+  clampedBytesToRGBColor,
+  clampedByteToHex,
+  parseHexColor,
+} from "./color-util";
 
 describe("clampedBytesToRGBColor", () => {
   it("works", () => {
@@ -23,3 +27,9 @@ describe("clampedByteToHex", () => {
     expect(clampedByteToHex(22)).toBe("16");
   });
 });
+
+describe("parseHexColor", () => {
+  it("works", () => {
+    expect(parseHexColor("#ff001a")).toEqual([255, 0, 26]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/color-util.ts b/lib/color-util.ts
index 8561bc3..2af8651 100644
--- a/lib/color-util.ts
+++ b/lib/color-util.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ export function clampedByteToHex(value: number): string {
 export function clampedBytesToRGBColor(values: number[]): string {
   return "#" + values.map(clampedByteToHex).join("");
 }
+
+/**
+ * Convert the given hex color string, e.g. `#abcdef`, to an
+ * Array of RGB numbers.
+ */
+export function parseHexColor(value: string): [number, number, number] {
+  const red = parseInt(value.substring(1, 3), 16);
+  const green = parseInt(value.substring(3, 5), 16);
+  const blue = parseInt(value.substring(5, 7), 16);
+  return [red, green, blue];
+}
diff --git a/lib/pages/mandala-page/serialization.ts b/lib/pages/mandala-page/serialization.ts
index c55ec2f..d59b9b3 100644
--- a/lib/pages/mandala-page/serialization.ts
+++ b/lib/pages/mandala-page/serialization.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   getCirclesFromDesign,
 } from "./core";
 import { fromBase64, toBase64 } from "../../base64";
-import { clampedBytesToRGBColor } from "../../color-util";
+import { clampedBytesToRGBColor, parseHexColor } from "../../color-util";
 
 const LATEST_VERSION = "v2";
 
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ const SvgCompositionContextPacker: Packer<
 
 export const ColorPacker: Packer<string, number> = {
   pack: (string) => {
-    const red = parseInt(string.substring(1, 3), 16);
-    const green = parseInt(string.substring(3, 5), 16);
-    const blue = parseInt(string.substring(5, 7), 16);
+    const [red, green, blue] = parseHexColor(string);
     return (red << 16) + (green << 8) + blue;
   },
   unpack: (number) => {