diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/UserBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/UserBiz.cs
index fcb414c7..dcdbf674 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/UserBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/UserBiz.cs
@@ -640,7 +640,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                         i.UserOptions.EmailAddress = j["EmailAddress"].Value<string>();
 
                         //UI colour
-                        i.UserOptions.UiColor = j["ScheduleBackColor"].Value<int>();
+                        //TODO: this needs to be switched to a web friendly value
+                        /*
+                        Hexadecimal notation: #RGB[A]
+    R (red), G (green), B (blue), and A (alpha) are hexadecimal characters (0–9, A–F). A is optional. The three-digit notation (#RGB) is a shorter version of the six-digit form (#RRGGBB). For example, #f09 is the same color as #ff0099. Likewise, the four-digit RGB notation (#RGBA) is a shorter version of the eight-digit form (#RRGGBBAA). For example, #0f38 is the same color as #00ff3388.
+                        */
+                        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("UserBiz::ImportV7Async - UI color needs to be pre-converted in DataDump to RGB values");
+                        //i.UserOptions.UiColor = j["ScheduleBackColor"].Value<int>();
 
 
                         //Set unusable random login credentials
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/UserOptionsBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/UserOptionsBiz.cs
index 054d3c27..034b17d9 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/UserOptionsBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/UserOptionsBiz.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             if (inObj.UserId == 0)
                 AddError(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REQUIRED, "UserId");
 
+            if (inObj.UiColor.Length > 12)
+            {
+                AddError(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_LENGTH_EXCEEDED, "UiColor", "UiColor must be HEX color value");
+            }
+
             //LOOKAT:Validate email address is legitimate (I put the EMailAddress attribute on the field in the model so I think it might validate)
 
             return;
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/UserOptions.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/UserOptions.cs
index 727ded6c..87353bf1 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/UserOptions.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/UserOptions.cs
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         //-------------
         [EmailAddress]
         public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
-        /// <summary>
-        /// As of today Dec 10 2018 all time zones in the world are either on the hour, half hour or 45 minute mark from utc so
-        /// keeping this value as decimal hours for back compatibility with v7 and easier for user to enter
-        /// 8.5 for 8:30 time difference or 12.75 for 12:45 time differnce for example
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value></value>
-
-        public int UiColor { get; set; }
+     
+     /*
+     Hexadecimal notation: #RGB[A]
+    R (red), G (green), B (blue), and A (alpha) are hexadecimal characters (0–9, A–F). A is optional. The three-digit notation (#RGB) is a shorter version of the six-digit form (#RRGGBB). For example, #f09 is the same color as #ff0099. Likewise, the four-digit RGB notation (#RGBA) is a shorter version of the eight-digit form (#RRGGBBAA). For example, #0f38 is the same color as #00ff3388.
+     */
+     [MaxLength(12)]
+        public string UiColor { get; set; }
 
         //browser forced overrides
         public string LanguageOverride { get; set; }
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         {
             CurrencyName = "USD";
             Hour12 = true;
-            UiColor = 0;
+            UiColor = "#000000";//black is the default
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index f7068483..47cb8641 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
                 //Add user options table
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE auseroptions (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, " +
-                "userid bigint not null, languageoverride text, timezoneoverride text, currencyname text, hour12 bool not null, emailaddress text, uicolor int not null default 0)");
+                "userid bigint not null, languageoverride text, timezoneoverride text, currencyname text, hour12 bool not null, emailaddress text, uicolor varchar(12) not null default '#000000')");
 
 
                 //Prime the db with the default MANAGER account
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
index eb564f69..85795c3a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 u.UserOptions.EmailAddress = p.Email.Replace("gmail.com", "helloayanova.com").Replace("hotmail.com", "helloayanova.com").Replace("yahoo.com", "helloayanova.com");
                 u.UserOptions.Hour12 = true;
                 u.UserOptions.CurrencyName = "USD";
+                u.UserOptions.UiColor= Fake.Internet.Color();
 
 
 
@@ -624,6 +625,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             // WidgetBiz biz = WidgetBiz.GetBiz(ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext);
 
             var f = new Bogus.Faker();
+           
 
             //RANDOM ROLES
             Array values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(UserType));