diff --git a/src/nanosvg.h b/src/nanosvg.h
index 3511664a..f5058b17 100644
--- a/src/nanosvg.h
+++ b/src/nanosvg.h
@@ -1215,35 +1215,22 @@ static const char* nsvg__getNextPathItem(const char* s, char* it)
 
 static unsigned int nsvg__parseColorHex(const char* str)
 {
-	unsigned int c = 0, r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
-	int n = 0;
-	str++; // skip #
-	// Calculate number of characters.
-	while(str[n] && !nsvg__isspace(str[n]))
-		n++;
-	if (n == 6) {
-		sscanf(str, "%x", &c);
-	} else if (n == 3) {
-		sscanf(str, "%x", &c);
-		c = (c&0xf) | ((c&0xf0) << 4) | ((c&0xf00) << 8);
-		c |= c<<4;
-	}
-	r = (c >> 16) & 0xff;
-	g = (c >> 8) & 0xff;
-	b = c & 0xff;
-	return NSVG_RGB(r,g,b);
+	unsigned int r=0, g=0, b=0;
+	if (sscanf(str, "#%2x%2x%2x", &r, &g, &b) == 3 )		// 2 digit hex
+		return NSVG_RGB(r, g, b);
+	if (sscanf(str, "#%1x%1x%1x", &r, &g, &b) == 3 )		// 1 digit hex, e.g. #abc -> 0xccbbaa
+		return NSVG_RGB(r*17, g*17, b*17);			// same effect as (r<<4|r), (g<<4|g), ..
+	return NSVG_RGB(128, 128, 128);
 }
 
 static unsigned int nsvg__parseColorRGB(const char* str)
 {
-	int r = -1, g = -1, b = -1;
-	char s1[32]="", s2[32]="";
-	sscanf(str + 4, "%d%[%%, \t]%d%[%%, \t]%d", &r, s1, &g, s2, &b);
-	if (strchr(s1, '%')) {
-		return NSVG_RGB((r*255)/100,(g*255)/100,(b*255)/100);
-	} else {
-		return NSVG_RGB(r,g,b);
-	}
+	unsigned int r=0, g=0, b=0;
+	if (sscanf(str, "rgb(%u, %u, %u)", &r, &g, &b) == 3)		// decimal integers
+		return NSVG_RGB(r, g, b);
+	if (sscanf(str, "rgb(%u%%, %u%%, %u%%)", &r, &g, &b) == 3)	// decimal integer percentage
+		return NSVG_RGB(r*255/100, g*255/100, b*255/100);
+	return NSVG_RGB(128, 128, 128);
 }
 
 typedef struct NSVGNamedColor {