diff --git a/src/bundles/csg/functions.ts b/src/bundles/csg/functions.ts
index c2f6b980b..0d79b721a 100644
--- a/src/bundles/csg/functions.ts
+++ b/src/bundles/csg/functions.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ import {
   is_list
 } from 'js-slang/dist/stdlib/list';
 import save from 'save-file';
-import { degreesToRadians } from '../../common/utilities';
+import { degreesToRadians, hexToColor } from '../../common/utilities';
 import { Core } from './core';
 import type { Solid } from './jscad/types';
 import {
   Group,
   Shape,
-  hexToColor,
   type Operable,
   type RenderGroup,
   centerPrimitive
diff --git a/src/bundles/csg/utilities.ts b/src/bundles/csg/utilities.ts
index af4e6e699..277242028 100644
--- a/src/bundles/csg/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/bundles/csg/utilities.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   scale as _scale,
   translate as _translate
 } from '@jscad/modeling/src/operations/transforms';
+import { hexToColor } from '../../common/utilities';
 import type { ReplResult } from '../../typings/type_helpers';
 import { Core } from './core';
 import type { AlphaColor, Color, Solid } from './jscad/types';
@@ -218,21 +219,6 @@ export function centerPrimitive(shape: Shape) {
   return new Shape(solid);
 }
 
-export function hexToColor(hex: string): Color {
-  const regex: RegExp
-    = /^#?(?<red>[\da-f]{2})(?<green>[\da-f]{2})(?<blue>[\da-f]{2})$/iu;
-  const potentialGroups: { [key: string]: string } | undefined
-    = hex.match(regex)?.groups;
-  if (potentialGroups === undefined) return [0, 0, 0];
-  const groups: { [key: string]: string } = potentialGroups;
-
-  return [
-    parseInt(groups.red, 16) / 0xff,
-    parseInt(groups.green, 16) / 0xff,
-    parseInt(groups.blue, 16) / 0xff
-  ];
-}
-
 export function colorToAlphaColor(
   color: Color,
   opacity: number = 1
diff --git a/src/bundles/rune/runes_ops.ts b/src/bundles/rune/runes_ops.ts
index 58fc1e378..65c874758 100644
--- a/src/bundles/rune/runes_ops.ts
+++ b/src/bundles/rune/runes_ops.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * This file contains the bundle's private functions for runes.
  */
+import { hexToColor as hexToColorUtil } from '../../common/utilities';
 import { Rune } from './rune';
 
 // =============================================================================
@@ -338,18 +339,8 @@ export const colorPalette = [
 ];
 
 export function hexToColor(hex: string): number[] {
-  const result = /^#?(?<red>[a-f\d]{2})(?<green>[a-f\d]{2})(?<blue>[a-f\d]{2})$/iu.exec(
-    hex
-  );
-  if (result === null || result.length < 4) {
-    return [0, 0, 0];
-  }
-  return [
-    parseInt(result[1], 16) / 255,
-    parseInt(result[2], 16) / 255,
-    parseInt(result[3], 16) / 255,
-    1
-  ];
+  const result = hexToColorUtil(hex);
+  return [ ...result, 1];
 }
 
 export function addColorFromHex(rune: Rune, hex: string) {
diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/hextocolor.ts b/src/common/__tests__/hextocolor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..835095350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/hextocolor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { hexToColor } from '../utilities';
+
+describe('Test hexToColor', () => {
+  test.each([
+    ['#FFFFFF', [1, 1, 1]],
+    ['ffffff', [1, 1, 1]],
+    ['0088ff', [0, 0.53, 1]],
+    ['#000000', [0, 0, 0]],
+    ['#GGGGGG', [0, 0, 0]],
+    ['888888', [0.53, 0.53, 0.53]]
+  ])('Testing %s', (c, expected) => {
+    const result = hexToColor(c);
+    for (let i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) {
+      expect(result[i]).toBeCloseTo(expected[i]);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/common/utilities.ts b/src/common/utilities.ts
index 15ee21d21..f25780ffd 100644
--- a/src/common/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/common/utilities.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,15 @@
 export function degreesToRadians(degrees: number): number {
   return (degrees / 360) * (2 * Math.PI);
 }
+
+export function hexToColor(hex: string): [number, number, number] {
+  const regex = /^#?([\da-f]{2})([\da-f]{2})([\da-f]{2})$/igu;
+  const groups = regex.exec(hex);
+
+  if (groups == undefined) return [0, 0, 0];
+  return [
+    parseInt(groups[1], 16) / 0xff,
+    parseInt(groups[2], 16) / 0xff,
+    parseInt(groups[3], 16) / 0xff
+  ];
+}