diff --git a/apps/client/package.json b/apps/client/package.json
index 1db8353e7..06c605f74 100644
--- a/apps/client/package.json
+++ b/apps/client/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "@tanstack/react-table": "^8.21.3",
     "autosize": "^6.0.1",
     "axios": "^1.9.0",
-    "color": "^4.2.3",
     "csv-stringify": "^6.4.5",
     "framer-motion": "^10.10.0",
     "prismjs": "^1.29.0",
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@sentry/vite-plugin": "^2.16.1",
     "@tanstack/eslint-plugin-query": "^5.8.4",
-    "@types/color": "^3.0.3",
     "@types/prismjs": "^1.26.5",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.26",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.10",
diff --git a/apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/styleUtils.test.ts b/apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/styleUtils.test.ts
index f5d753759..f1c532082 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/styleUtils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/common/utils/__tests__/styleUtils.test.ts
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ describe('getAccessibleColour()', () => {
   it('handles named colours', () => {
     const colour = 'red';
     const { backgroundColor, color } = getAccessibleColour(colour);
-    expect(backgroundColor).toBe('#FF0000FF');
+    expect(backgroundColor).toBe('#ff0000ff');
     expect(color).toBe('#fffffa');
   });
   it('handles hex colours', () => {
     const colour = '#0F0';
     const { backgroundColor, color } = getAccessibleColour(colour);
-    expect(backgroundColor).toBe('#00FF00FF');
+    expect(backgroundColor).toBe('#00ff00ff');
     expect(color).toBe('black');
   });
   it('handles transparens', () => {
     const colour = '#0F08';
     const { backgroundColor, color } = getAccessibleColour(colour);
-    expect(backgroundColor).toBe('#0C940CFF');
+    expect(backgroundColor).toBe('#0c940cff');
     expect(color).toBe('#fffffa');
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/client/src/common/utils/styleUtils.ts b/apps/client/src/common/utils/styleUtils.ts
index 3c3c331e5..7a72c4d18 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/common/utils/styleUtils.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/common/utils/styleUtils.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-import Color from 'color';
+import { RGBColour } from 'ontime-types';
+import { colourToHex, cssOrHexToColour, isLightColour, mixColours } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 type ColourCombination = {
   backgroundColor: string;
   color: string;
 };
 
+const defaultUiBackground: RGBColour = { red: 26, green: 26, blue: 26, alpha: 1 };
 /**
  * @description Selects text colour to maintain accessible contrast
  * @param bgColour
  * @return {{backgroundColor, color: string}}
  */
 export const getAccessibleColour = (bgColour?: string): ColourCombination => {
-  if (bgColour) {
-    try {
-      const originalColour = Color(bgColour);
-      const backgroundColorMix = originalColour.alpha(1).mix(Color('#1a1a1a'), 1 - originalColour.alpha());
-      const textColor = backgroundColorMix.isLight() ? 'black' : '#fffffa';
-      return { backgroundColor: backgroundColorMix.hexa(), color: textColor };
-    } catch (_error) {
-      /* we do not handle errors here */
-    }
-  }
-  return { backgroundColor: '#1a1a1a', color: '#fffffa' };
+  if (!bgColour) return { backgroundColor: '#1a1a1a', color: '#fffffa' };
+
+  const originalColour = cssOrHexToColour(bgColour);
+  if (!originalColour) return { backgroundColor: '#1a1a1a', color: '#fffffa' };
+
+  const backgroundColorMix = mixColours(defaultUiBackground, originalColour, 1 - originalColour.alpha);
+  const textColor = isLightColour(backgroundColorMix) ? 'black' : '#fffffa';
+
+  return { backgroundColor: colourToHex(backgroundColorMix), color: textColor };
 };
 
 /**
@@ -39,11 +39,8 @@ export const timerPlaceholderMin = '––:––';
  * Adds opacity to a given colour if possible
  */
 export function alpha(colour: string, amount: number): string {
-  try {
-    const withAlpha = Color(colour).alpha(amount).hexa();
-    return withAlpha;
-  } catch (_error) {
-    /* we do not handle errors here */
-  }
-  return colour;
+  const originalColour = cssOrHexToColour(colour);
+  if (!originalColour) return colour;
+  originalColour.alpha = amount;
+  return colourToHex(originalColour);
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/CuesheetBody.tsx b/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/CuesheetBody.tsx
index e4d722b1b..43e6c56d2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/CuesheetBody.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/CuesheetBody.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { MutableRefObject } from 'react';
 import { RowModel, Table } from '@tanstack/react-table';
-import Color from 'color';
 import { isOntimeBlock, isOntimeDelay, isOntimeEvent, OntimeEntry } from 'ontime-types';
+import { colourToHex, cssOrHexToColour } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 import { useSelectedEventId } from '../../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { lazyEvaluate } from '../../../../common/utils/lazyEvaluate';
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ export default function CuesheetBody(props: CuesheetBodyProps) {
           if (isSelected) {
             rowBgColour = '#D20300'; // $red-700
           } else if (entry.colour) {
-            try {
-              // the colour is user defined and might be invalid
-              const accessibleBackgroundColor = Color(getAccessibleColour(entry.colour).backgroundColor);
-              rowBgColour = accessibleBackgroundColor.fade(0.75).hexa();
-            } catch (_error) {
-              /* we do not handle errors here */
+            // the colour is user defined and might be invalid
+            const accessibleBackgroundColor = cssOrHexToColour(getAccessibleColour(entry.colour).backgroundColor);
+            if (accessibleBackgroundColor !== null) {
+              rowBgColour = colourToHex({
+                ...accessibleBackgroundColor,
+                alpha: accessibleBackgroundColor.alpha * 0.25,
+              });
             }
           }
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/EventRow.tsx b/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/EventRow.tsx
index 5e67bba42..e0cf99180 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/EventRow.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/EventRow.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { memo, MutableRefObject, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoEllipsisHorizontal } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import { flexRender, Table } from '@tanstack/react-table';
-import Color from 'color';
-import { OntimeEntry, OntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
+import { OntimeEntry, OntimeEvent, RGBColour } from 'ontime-types';
+import { colourToHex, cssOrHexToColour } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import { cx, getAccessibleColour } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ function EventRow(props: EventRowProps) {
   }, [ownRef, selectedRef]);
 
   const { color, backgroundColor } = getAccessibleColour(event.colour);
-  const mutedText = Color(color).fade(0.4).hexa();
+  const tmpColour = cssOrHexToColour(color) as RGBColour; // we know this to be a correct colour
+  const mutedText = colourToHex({ ...tmpColour, alpha: tmpColour.alpha * 0.6 });
 
   return (
     <tr
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/SheetService.ts b/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/SheetService.ts
index af88aa0bf..151bf6914 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/SheetService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/SheetService.ts
@@ -211,16 +211,18 @@ async function verifySheet(
       spreadsheetId: sheetId,
       includeGridData: false,
     });
-    const worksheets = spreadsheets.data.sheets?.forEach((sheet) => {
+
+    const worksheets: string[] = [];
+    spreadsheets.data.sheets?.forEach((sheet) => {
       if (sheet.properties?.title) {
-        return sheet.properties.title;
+        worksheets.push(sheet.properties.title);
       }
     });
 
-    if (!worksheets) {
+    if (worksheets.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('No worksheets found');
     }
-    return worksheets;
+    return { worksheetOptions: worksheets };
   } catch (error) {
     // attempt to catch errors caused by importing xlsx
     catchCommonImportXlsxError(error);
@@ -293,7 +295,17 @@ async function verifyWorksheet(sheetId: string, worksheet: string): Promise<{ wo
   if (!selectedWorksheet) {
     throw new Error('Could not find worksheet');
   }
-  if (!selectedWorksheet.properties || !selectedWorksheet.properties.sheetId) {
+  /*
+    The first spreadsheet provided by google sheet has an id = 0,
+    so !0 returns true, the only other number that returns true in this setup is NaN,
+    so if x !== 0 && x !== NaN, then !x returns false, we indeed want !NaN to return true,
+    but we would like !0 to return false, reason why is also checked that the id is not 0,
+    because if it is 0, then I should not enter the condition.
+  */
+  if (
+    !selectedWorksheet.properties ||
+    (!selectedWorksheet.properties.sheetId && selectedWorksheet.properties.sheetId !== 0)
+  ) {
     throw new Error('Got invalid data from worksheet');
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/__tests__/sheetUtils.test.ts b/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/__tests__/sheetUtils.test.ts
index 95f8d0542..006155c26 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/__tests__/sheetUtils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/__tests__/sheetUtils.test.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,6 @@ describe('cellRequestFromEvent()', () => {
     const result2 = cellRequestFromEvent(event, 10, 1234, metadata);
     expect(result2.updateCells?.start?.rowIndex).toStrictEqual(21);
     expect(result2.updateCells?.start?.columnIndex).toStrictEqual(5);
-    expect(result2.updateCells?.fields).toStrictEqual('userEnteredValue');
+    expect(result2.updateCells?.fields).toStrictEqual('userEnteredValue,userEnteredFormat');
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/sheetUtils.ts b/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/sheetUtils.ts
index f6fb59e30..d9d27948c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/sheetUtils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/sheet-service/sheetUtils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { isOntimeBlock, isOntimeEvent, OntimeEvent, OntimeEntry } from 'ontime-types';
-import { millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { isOntimeBlock, isOntimeEvent, OntimeEvent, OntimeEntry, RGBColour } from 'ontime-types';
+import { cssOrHexToColour, isLightColour, millisToString, mixColours } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 import type { sheets_v4 } from '@googleapis/sheets';
 import { is } from '../../utils/is.js';
@@ -100,8 +100,26 @@ export function cellRequestFromEvent(
     }
   }
 
+  const colors = isOntimeEvent(event) || isOntimeBlock(event) ? getAccessibleColour(event.colour) : undefined;
+  const cellColor: sheets_v4.Schema$CellData = !colors
+    ? {}
+    : {
+        userEnteredFormat: {
+          backgroundColor: toSheetColourLevel(colors.background),
+          textFormat: {
+            foregroundColor: toSheetColourLevel(colors.text),
+          },
+          borders: {
+            bottom: {
+              style: 'SOLID',
+              color: toSheetColourLevel(colors.border),
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      };
+
   const returnRows: sheets_v4.Schema$CellData[] = rowData.map(([key, _]) => {
-    return getCellData(key, event);
+    return { ...getCellData(key, event), ...cellColor };
   });
 
   return {
@@ -111,7 +129,7 @@ export function cellRequestFromEvent(
         rowIndex: index + rowData[0][1]['row'] + 1,
         columnIndex: titleCol,
       },
-      fields: 'userEnteredValue',
+      fields: 'userEnteredValue,userEnteredFormat',
       rows: [
         {
           values: returnRows,
@@ -156,3 +174,29 @@ function getCellData(key: keyof OntimeEvent | 'blank', event: OntimeEntry) {
 
   return {};
 }
+
+type googleSheetCellColour = {
+  background: RGBColour;
+  text: RGBColour;
+  border: RGBColour;
+};
+
+function getAccessibleColour(bgColour?: string): googleSheetCellColour | undefined {
+  if (!bgColour) return undefined;
+
+  const background = cssOrHexToColour(bgColour);
+  if (!background) return undefined;
+
+  const text = isLightColour(background) ? BLACK : WHITE;
+  const border = mixColours(background, text, 0.2);
+
+  return { background, text, border };
+}
+
+const BLACK: RGBColour = { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 1 };
+const WHITE: RGBColour = { red: 255, green: 255, blue: 255, alpha: 0.98 };
+
+// sheets use color values from 0 to 1
+function toSheetColourLevel(colour: RGBColour): RGBColour {
+  return { red: colour.red / 255, green: colour.green / 255, blue: colour.blue / 255, alpha: colour.alpha };
+}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/coerceType.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/coerceType.ts
index 0f64c910f..be9c68f71 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/coerceType.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/coerceType.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isColourHex } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { CssColours, isColourHex } from 'ontime-utils';
 
 /**
  * @description Converts a value to an item in the provided enume.
@@ -95,160 +95,8 @@ export function coerceColour(value: unknown): string {
   if (lowerCaseValue === '') {
     return lowerCaseValue; // None colour the same as the UI 'Ø' button
   }
-  if (!(lowerCaseValue in cssColours)) {
+  if (!(lowerCaseValue in CssColours)) {
     throw new Error('Invalid colour name received');
   }
   return lowerCaseValue;
 }
-
-//https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/named-color
-const cssColours = {
-  aliceblue: '#f0f8ff',
-  antiquewhite: '#faebd7',
-  aqua: '#00ffff',
-  aquamarine: '#7fffd4',
-  azure: '#f0ffff',
-  beige: '#f5f5dc',
-  bisque: '#ffe4c4',
-  black: '#000000',
-  blanchedalmond: '#ffebcd',
-  blue: '#0000ff',
-  blueviolet: '#8a2be2',
-  brown: '#a52a2a',
-  burlywood: '#deb887',
-  cadetblue: '#5f9ea0',
-  chartreuse: '#7fff00',
-  chocolate: '#d2691e',
-  coral: '#ff7f50',
-  cornflowerblue: '#6495ed',
-  cornsilk: '#fff8dc',
-  crimson: '#dc143c',
-  cyan: '#00ffff',
-  darkblue: '#00008b',
-  darkcyan: '#008b8b',
-  darkgoldenrod: '#b8860b',
-  darkgray: '#a9a9a9',
-  darkgreen: '#006400',
-  darkgrey: '#a9a9a9',
-  darkkhaki: '#bdb76b',
-  darkmagenta: '#8b008b',
-  darkolivegreen: '#556b2f',
-  darkorange: '#ff8c00',
-  darkorchid: '#9932cc',
-  darkred: '#8b0000',
-  darksalmon: '#e9967a',
-  darkseagreen: '#8fbc8f',
-  darkslateblue: '#483d8b',
-  darkslategray: '#2f4f4f',
-  darkslategrey: '#2f4f4f',
-  darkturquoise: '#00ced1',
-  darkviolet: '#9400d3',
-  deeppink: '#ff1493',
-  deepskyblue: '#00bfff',
-  dimgray: '#696969',
-  dimgrey: '#696969',
-  dodgerblue: '#1e90ff',
-  firebrick: '#b22222',
-  floralwhite: '#fffaf0',
-  forestgreen: '#228b22',
-  fuchsia: '#ff00ff',
-  gainsboro: '#dcdcdc',
-  ghostwhite: '#f8f8ff',
-  goldenrod: '#daa520',
-  gold: '#ffd700',
-  gray: '#808080',
-  green: '#008000',
-  greenyellow: '#adff2f',
-  grey: '#808080',
-  honeydew: '#f0fff0',
-  hotpink: '#ff69b4',
-  indianred: '#cd5c5c',
-  indigo: '#4b0082',
-  ivory: '#fffff0',
-  khaki: '#f0e68c',
-  lavenderblush: '#fff0f5',
-  lavender: '#e6e6fa',
-  lawngreen: '#7cfc00',
-  lemonchiffon: '#fffacd',
-  lightblue: '#add8e6',
-  lightcoral: '#f08080',
-  lightcyan: '#e0ffff',
-  lightgoldenrodyellow: '#fafad2',
-  lightgray: '#d3d3d3',
-  lightgreen: '#90ee90',
-  lightgrey: '#d3d3d3',
-  lightpink: '#ffb6c1',
-  lightsalmon: '#ffa07a',
-  lightseagreen: '#20b2aa',
-  lightskyblue: '#87cefa',
-  lightslategray: '#778899',
-  lightslategrey: '#778899',
-  lightsteelblue: '#b0c4de',
-  lightyellow: '#ffffe0',
-  lime: '#00ff00',
-  limegreen: '#32cd32',
-  linen: '#faf0e6',
-  magenta: '#ff00ff',
-  maroon: '#800000',
-  mediumaquamarine: '#66cdaa',
-  mediumblue: '#0000cd',
-  mediumorchid: '#ba55d3',
-  mediumpurple: '#9370db',
-  mediumseagreen: '#3cb371',
-  mediumslateblue: '#7b68ee',
-  mediumspringgreen: '#00fa9a',
-  mediumturquoise: '#48d1cc',
-  mediumvioletred: '#c71585',
-  midnightblue: '#191970',
-  mintcream: '#f5fffa',
-  mistyrose: '#ffe4e1',
-  moccasin: '#ffe4b5',
-  navajowhite: '#ffdead',
-  navy: '#000080',
-  oldlace: '#fdf5e6',
-  olive: '#808000',
-  olivedrab: '#6b8e23',
-  orange: '#ffa500',
-  orangered: '#ff4500',
-  orchid: '#da70d6',
-  palegoldenrod: '#eee8aa',
-  palegreen: '#98fb98',
-  paleturquoise: '#afeeee',
-  palevioletred: '#db7093',
-  papayawhip: '#ffefd5',
-  peachpuff: '#ffdab9',
-  peru: '#cd853f',
-  pink: '#ffc0cb',
-  plum: '#dda0dd',
-  powderblue: '#b0e0e6',
-  purple: '#800080',
-  rebeccapurple: '#663399',
-  red: '#ff0000',
-  rosybrown: '#bc8f8f',
-  royalblue: '#4169e1',
-  saddlebrown: '#8b4513',
-  salmon: '#fa8072',
-  sandybrown: '#f4a460',
-  seagreen: '#2e8b57',
-  seashell: '#fff5ee',
-  sienna: '#a0522d',
-  silver: '#c0c0c0',
-  skyblue: '#87ceeb',
-  slateblue: '#6a5acd',
-  slategray: '#708090',
-  slategrey: '#708090',
-  snow: '#fffafa',
-  springgreen: '#00ff7f',
-  steelblue: '#4682b4',
-  tan: '#d2b48c',
-  teal: '#008080',
-  thistle: '#d8bfd8',
-  tomato: '#ff6347',
-  turquoise: '#40e0d0',
-  violet: '#ee82ee',
-  wheat: '#f5deb3',
-  white: '#ffffff',
-  whitesmoke: '#f5f5f5',
-  yellow: '#ffff00',
-  yellowgreen: '#9acd3',
-} as const;
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions/Colour.type.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions/Colour.type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a17b08f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions/Colour.type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type RGBColour = { [key in 'red' | 'green' | 'blue' | 'alpha']: number };
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index 0629ffc81..2d22cee08 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -122,3 +122,6 @@ export {
   isTimerLifeCycle,
 } from './utils/guards.js';
 export type { MaybeNumber, MaybeString } from './utils/utils.type.js';
+
+// Colour
+export type { RGBColour } from './definitions/Colour.type.js';
diff --git a/packages/utils/index.ts b/packages/utils/index.ts
index 8e2933083..ef111f0c7 100644
--- a/packages/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/index.ts
@@ -90,3 +90,13 @@ export {
 } from './src/feature/spreadsheet-import/spreadsheetImport.js';
 
 export { isPlaybackActive } from './src/playback-utils/playbackstate.js';
+
+//Colour
+export {
+  colourToHex,
+  cssOrHexToColour,
+  hexToColour,
+  isLightColour,
+  mixColours,
+  CssColours,
+} from './src/colour/colour.utils.js';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/colour/colour.utils.ts b/packages/utils/src/colour/colour.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..951763dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/colour/colour.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+import type { RGBColour } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { isColourHex } from '../regex-utils/isColourHex.js';
+
+// naive colour mix
+export function mixColours(colour1: RGBColour, colour2: RGBColour, p: number = 0.5) {
+  const w1 = p;
+  const w2 = 1 - w1;
+
+  return {
+    red: Math.round(colour1.red * w1 + colour2.red * w2),
+    green: Math.round(colour1.green * w1 + colour2.green * w2),
+    blue: Math.round(colour1.blue * w1 + colour2.blue * w2),
+    alpha: 1,
+  };
+}
+
+export function colourToHex(colour: RGBColour): string {
+  const alpha = Math.round(colour.alpha * 255)
+    .toString(16)
+    .padStart(2, '0');
+  const red = colour.red.toString(16).padStart(2, '0');
+  const green = colour.green.toString(16).padStart(2, '0');
+  const blue = colour.blue.toString(16).padStart(2, '0');
+  return '#' + red + green + blue + alpha;
+}
+
+export function cssOrHexToColour(colour: string): RGBColour | null {
+  if (colour.startsWith('#')) return hexToColour(colour);
+  const maybeCssColour = colour.toLocaleLowerCase();
+  if (maybeCssColour in CssColours) {
+    return hexToColour(CssColours[maybeCssColour]);
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function hexToColour(hexColour: string): RGBColour | null {
+  if (!isColourHex(hexColour)) return null;
+  let hex = hexColour.toLocaleLowerCase();
+  hex = hex.replace(/^#/, '');
+
+  let alpha = 1;
+
+  // full length hex #FFFFFFFF
+  if (hex.length === 8) {
+    const alphaPart = hex.slice(6, 8);
+    alpha = parseInt(alphaPart, 16) / 255;
+    hex = hex.slice(0, 6);
+  }
+
+  // compressed hex with alpha #FFFF
+  if (hex.length === 4) {
+    const alphaPart = hex.slice(3, 4).repeat(2);
+    alpha = parseInt(alphaPart, 16) / 255;
+    hex = hex.slice(0, 3);
+  }
+
+  // compressed hex without alpha or after the alpha channel has been removed
+  // here all the values duplicated to create a 6 length hex value
+  if (hex.length === 3) {
+    hex = hex[0] + hex[0] + hex[1] + hex[1] + hex[2] + hex[2];
+  }
+
+  const number = parseInt(hex, 16);
+  const red = number >> 16;
+  const green = (number >> 8) & 255;
+  const blue = number & 255;
+
+  if (isNaN(red) || isNaN(green) || isNaN(blue) || isNaN(alpha)) return null;
+
+  return { red, green, blue, alpha };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculates if black or white is the best contras
+ *
+ * @returns true if the colour is light -> the best contrast is black
+ *
+ * is done with YIQ calculation
+ * @link https://24ways.org/2010/calculating-color-contrast
+ */
+export function isLightColour(colour: RGBColour): boolean {
+  const yiq = (colour.red * 299 + colour.green * 587 + colour.blue * 114) / 1000;
+  return yiq >= 128;
+}
+
+//https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/named-color
+export const CssColours: Record<string, string> = {
+  aliceblue: '#f0f8ff',
+  antiquewhite: '#faebd7',
+  aqua: '#00ffff',
+  aquamarine: '#7fffd4',
+  azure: '#f0ffff',
+  beige: '#f5f5dc',
+  bisque: '#ffe4c4',
+  black: '#000000',
+  blanchedalmond: '#ffebcd',
+  blue: '#0000ff',
+  blueviolet: '#8a2be2',
+  brown: '#a52a2a',
+  burlywood: '#deb887',
+  cadetblue: '#5f9ea0',
+  chartreuse: '#7fff00',
+  chocolate: '#d2691e',
+  coral: '#ff7f50',
+  cornflowerblue: '#6495ed',
+  cornsilk: '#fff8dc',
+  crimson: '#dc143c',
+  cyan: '#00ffff',
+  darkblue: '#00008b',
+  darkcyan: '#008b8b',
+  darkgoldenrod: '#b8860b',
+  darkgray: '#a9a9a9',
+  darkgreen: '#006400',
+  darkgrey: '#a9a9a9',
+  darkkhaki: '#bdb76b',
+  darkmagenta: '#8b008b',
+  darkolivegreen: '#556b2f',
+  darkorange: '#ff8c00',
+  darkorchid: '#9932cc',
+  darkred: '#8b0000',
+  darksalmon: '#e9967a',
+  darkseagreen: '#8fbc8f',
+  darkslateblue: '#483d8b',
+  darkslategray: '#2f4f4f',
+  darkslategrey: '#2f4f4f',
+  darkturquoise: '#00ced1',
+  darkviolet: '#9400d3',
+  deeppink: '#ff1493',
+  deepskyblue: '#00bfff',
+  dimgray: '#696969',
+  dimgrey: '#696969',
+  dodgerblue: '#1e90ff',
+  firebrick: '#b22222',
+  floralwhite: '#fffaf0',
+  forestgreen: '#228b22',
+  fuchsia: '#ff00ff',
+  gainsboro: '#dcdcdc',
+  ghostwhite: '#f8f8ff',
+  goldenrod: '#daa520',
+  gold: '#ffd700',
+  gray: '#808080',
+  green: '#008000',
+  greenyellow: '#adff2f',
+  grey: '#808080',
+  honeydew: '#f0fff0',
+  hotpink: '#ff69b4',
+  indianred: '#cd5c5c',
+  indigo: '#4b0082',
+  ivory: '#fffff0',
+  khaki: '#f0e68c',
+  lavenderblush: '#fff0f5',
+  lavender: '#e6e6fa',
+  lawngreen: '#7cfc00',
+  lemonchiffon: '#fffacd',
+  lightblue: '#add8e6',
+  lightcoral: '#f08080',
+  lightcyan: '#e0ffff',
+  lightgoldenrodyellow: '#fafad2',
+  lightgray: '#d3d3d3',
+  lightgreen: '#90ee90',
+  lightgrey: '#d3d3d3',
+  lightpink: '#ffb6c1',
+  lightsalmon: '#ffa07a',
+  lightseagreen: '#20b2aa',
+  lightskyblue: '#87cefa',
+  lightslategray: '#778899',
+  lightslategrey: '#778899',
+  lightsteelblue: '#b0c4de',
+  lightyellow: '#ffffe0',
+  lime: '#00ff00',
+  limegreen: '#32cd32',
+  linen: '#faf0e6',
+  magenta: '#ff00ff',
+  maroon: '#800000',
+  mediumaquamarine: '#66cdaa',
+  mediumblue: '#0000cd',
+  mediumorchid: '#ba55d3',
+  mediumpurple: '#9370db',
+  mediumseagreen: '#3cb371',
+  mediumslateblue: '#7b68ee',
+  mediumspringgreen: '#00fa9a',
+  mediumturquoise: '#48d1cc',
+  mediumvioletred: '#c71585',
+  midnightblue: '#191970',
+  mintcream: '#f5fffa',
+  mistyrose: '#ffe4e1',
+  moccasin: '#ffe4b5',
+  navajowhite: '#ffdead',
+  navy: '#000080',
+  oldlace: '#fdf5e6',
+  olive: '#808000',
+  olivedrab: '#6b8e23',
+  orange: '#ffa500',
+  orangered: '#ff4500',
+  orchid: '#da70d6',
+  palegoldenrod: '#eee8aa',
+  palegreen: '#98fb98',
+  paleturquoise: '#afeeee',
+  palevioletred: '#db7093',
+  papayawhip: '#ffefd5',
+  peachpuff: '#ffdab9',
+  peru: '#cd853f',
+  pink: '#ffc0cb',
+  plum: '#dda0dd',
+  powderblue: '#b0e0e6',
+  purple: '#800080',
+  rebeccapurple: '#663399',
+  red: '#ff0000',
+  rosybrown: '#bc8f8f',
+  royalblue: '#4169e1',
+  saddlebrown: '#8b4513',
+  salmon: '#fa8072',
+  sandybrown: '#f4a460',
+  seagreen: '#2e8b57',
+  seashell: '#fff5ee',
+  sienna: '#a0522d',
+  silver: '#c0c0c0',
+  skyblue: '#87ceeb',
+  slateblue: '#6a5acd',
+  slategray: '#708090',
+  slategrey: '#708090',
+  snow: '#fffafa',
+  springgreen: '#00ff7f',
+  steelblue: '#4682b4',
+  tan: '#d2b48c',
+  teal: '#008080',
+  thistle: '#d8bfd8',
+  tomato: '#ff6347',
+  turquoise: '#40e0d0',
+  violet: '#ee82ee',
+  wheat: '#f5deb3',
+  white: '#ffffff',
+  whitesmoke: '#f5f5f5',
+  yellow: '#ffff00',
+  yellowgreen: '#9acd3',
+} as const;
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2a217c56e..f8240474c 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ importers:
       axios:
         specifier: ^1.9.0
         version: 1.9.0
-      color:
-        specifier: ^4.2.3
-        version: 4.2.3
       csv-stringify:
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         version: 6.4.5
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       '@tanstack/eslint-plugin-query':
         specifier: ^5.8.4
         version: 5.8.4(eslint@8.56.0)(typescript@5.5.3)
-      '@types/color':
-        specifier: ^3.0.3
-        version: 3.0.3
       '@types/prismjs':
         specifier: ^1.26.5
         version: 1.26.5
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-
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-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ==}
-
-  '@types/color@3.0.3':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-X//qzJ3d3Zj82J9sC/C18ZY5f43utPbAJ6PhYt/M7uG6etcF6MRpKdN880KBy43B0BMzSfeT96MzrsNjFI3GbA==}
-
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-  color-string@1.9.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-shrVawQFojnZv6xM40anx4CkoDP+fZsw/ZerEMsW/pyzsRbElpsL/DBVW7q3ExxwusdNXI3lXpuhEZkzs8p5Eg==}
-
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-  color@4.2.3:
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-    engines: {node: '>=12.5.0'}
-
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     engines: {node: '>= 0.8'}
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-
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     engines: {node: '>=14'}
 
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-
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     engines: {node: '>=10'}
@@ -7646,16 +7618,6 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@types/deep-eql': 4.0.2
 
-  '@types/color-convert@2.0.0':
-    dependencies:
-      '@types/color-name': 1.1.1
-
-  '@types/color-name@1.1.1': {}
-
-  '@types/color@3.0.3':
-    dependencies:
-      '@types/color-convert': 2.0.0
-
   '@types/connect@3.4.35':
     dependencies:
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@@ -8526,18 +8488,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   color-name@1.1.4: {}
 
-  color-string@1.9.1:
-    dependencies:
-      color-name: 1.1.4
-      simple-swizzle: 0.2.2
-
   color2k@2.0.2: {}
 
-  color@4.2.3:
-    dependencies:
-      color-convert: 2.0.1
-      color-string: 1.9.1
-
   combined-stream@1.0.8:
     dependencies:
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@@ -9819,8 +9771,6 @@ snapshots:
 
   is-arrayish@0.2.1: {}
 
-  is-arrayish@0.3.2: {}
-
   is-bigint@1.0.4:
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       has-bigints: 1.0.2
@@ -10935,10 +10885,6 @@ snapshots:
 
   signal-exit@4.1.0: {}
 
-  simple-swizzle@0.2.2:
-    dependencies:
-      is-arrayish: 0.3.2
-
   simple-update-notifier@2.0.0:
     dependencies:
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