diff --git a/jquery.color.js b/jquery.color.js
index ef13e13..8750e01 100644
--- a/jquery.color.js
+++ b/jquery.color.js
@@ -76,6 +76,19 @@
 			}
 		}, {
 
+			// this regex ignores A-F because it's compared against an already lowercased string
+			re: /#([a-f0-9])([a-f0-9])([a-f0-9])([a-f0-9])/,
+			parse: function( execResult ) {
+				return [
+					parseInt( execResult[ 1 ] + execResult[ 1 ], 16 ),
+					parseInt( execResult[ 2 ] + execResult[ 2 ], 16 ),
+					parseInt( execResult[ 3 ] + execResult[ 3 ], 16 ),
+					( parseInt( execResult[ 4 ] + execResult[ 4 ], 16 ) / 255 )
+						.toFixed( 2 )
+				];
+			}
+		}, {
+
 			// this regex ignores A-F because it's compared against an already lowercased string
 			re: /#([a-f0-9])([a-f0-9])([a-f0-9])/,
 			parse: function( execResult ) {
diff --git a/test/unit/color.js b/test/unit/color.js
index ccad483..aff20c6 100644
--- a/test/unit/color.js
+++ b/test/unit/color.js
@@ -192,6 +192,28 @@ parseTest( "#77777700", {
 	alpha: 0
 } );
 
+parseTest( "#7776", {
+	expect: 4,
+	red: 119,
+	green: 119,
+	blue: 119,
+	alpha: 0.4
+} );
+parseTest( "#777F", {
+	expect: 4,
+	red: 119,
+	green: 119,
+	blue: 119,
+	alpha: 1
+} );
+parseTest( "#7770", {
+	expect: 4,
+	red: 119,
+	green: 119,
+	blue: 119,
+	alpha: 0
+} );
+
 var fiftypercent = {
 	expect: 4,
 	red: 127,