diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.swift b/Sources/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.swift
index e88f87c..3db525a 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.swift
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public struct CodeEditor: View {
               inset          : CGSize?                       = nil,
               allowsUndo     : Bool                          = true,
               autoscroll     : Bool                          = true,
-              backgroundColor: NSColor?                      = nil)
+              backgroundColor: Color?                      = nil)
   {
     self.source           = source
     self.selection        = selection
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public struct CodeEditor: View {
               autoPairs      : [ String : String ]? = nil,
               inset          : CGSize?              = nil,
               allowsUndo     : Bool                 = true,
-              backgroundColor: NSColor?             = nil)
+              backgroundColor: Color?             = nil)
   {
     assert(!flags.contains(.editable), "Editing requires a Binding")
     self.init(source         : .constant(source),
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public struct CodeEditor: View {
   private let inset            : CGSize
   private let allowsUndo       : Bool
   private let autoscroll       : Bool
-  private let backgroundColor  : NSColor?
+  private let backgroundColor  : Color?
 
   public var body: some View {
     UXCodeTextViewRepresentable(source         : source,
diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextView.swift b/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextView.swift
index 7c680ae..f314134 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextView.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextView.swift
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 import Highlightr
+import SwiftUI
 
 #if os(macOS)
   import AppKit
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ final class UXCodeTextView: UXTextView {
   
   fileprivate let highlightr = Highlightr()
     
-    var customBackgroundColor: NSColor? = nil
+    var customBackgroundColor: Color? = nil
   
   private var hlTextStorage : CodeAttributedString? {
     return textStorage as? CodeAttributedString
@@ -247,7 +248,12 @@ final class UXCodeTextView: UXTextView {
     guard let highlightr = highlightr,
           highlightr.setTheme(to: newTheme.rawValue),
           let theme      = highlightr.theme else { return false }
-    self.backgroundColor = customBackgroundColor ?? theme.themeBackgroundColor
+      let bgColor = customBackgroundColor ?? Color(theme.themeBackgroundColor)
+      #if os(macOS)
+      self.backgroundColor = bgColor.nsColor()
+      #else
+        self.backgroundColor = bgColor.uiColor()
+      #endif
     if let font = theme.codeFont, font !== self.font { self.font = font }
     return true
   }
@@ -266,7 +272,12 @@ final class UXCodeTextView: UXTextView {
     theme.codeFont       = theme.codeFont?      .withSize(newSize)
     theme.boldCodeFont   = theme.boldCodeFont?  .withSize(newSize)
     theme.italicCodeFont = theme.italicCodeFont?.withSize(newSize)
-    self.backgroundColor = customBackgroundColor ?? theme.themeBackgroundColor
+    let bgColor = customBackgroundColor ?? Color(theme.themeBackgroundColor)
+    #if os(macOS)
+      self.backgroundColor = bgColor.nsColor()
+    #else
+      self.backgroundColor = bgColor.uiColor()
+    #endif
     if let font = theme.codeFont, font !== self.font { self.font = font }
     return true
   }
@@ -343,3 +354,43 @@ extension UXTextView {
     var codeTextStorage : NSTextStorage? { return textStorage }
   }
 #endif // iOS
+
+extension Color {
+    #if os(iOS)
+
+      func uiColor() -> UIColor {
+          
+          if #available(iOS 14.0, *) {
+              return UIColor(self)
+          }
+          
+          let components = self.components()
+          return UIColor(red: components.r, green: components.g, blue: components.b, alpha: components.a)
+      }
+    #else
+      func nsColor() -> NSColor {
+              
+          if #available(macOS 11.0, *) {
+              return NSColor(self)
+          }
+          let components = self.components()
+          return NSColor(red: components.r, green: components.g, blue: components.b, alpha: components.a)
+      }
+
+    #endif
+    private func components() -> (r: CGFloat, g: CGFloat, b: CGFloat, a: CGFloat) {
+        
+        let scanner = Scanner(string: self.description.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet.alphanumerics.inverted))
+        var hexNumber: UInt64 = 0
+        var r: CGFloat = 0.0, g: CGFloat = 0.0, b: CGFloat = 0.0, a: CGFloat = 0.0
+        
+        let result = scanner.scanHexInt64(&hexNumber)
+        if result {
+            r = CGFloat((hexNumber & 0xff000000) >> 24) / 255
+            g = CGFloat((hexNumber & 0x00ff0000) >> 16) / 255
+            b = CGFloat((hexNumber & 0x0000ff00) >> 8) / 255
+            a = CGFloat(hexNumber & 0x000000ff) / 255
+        }
+        return (r, g, b, a)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextViewRepresentable.swift b/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextViewRepresentable.swift
index d9a1321..826d0a1 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextViewRepresentable.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditor/UXCodeTextViewRepresentable.swift
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct UXCodeTextViewRepresentable : UXViewRepresentable {
               inset          : CGSize,
               allowsUndo     : Bool,
               autoscroll     : Bool,
-              backgroundColor: NSColor? = nil)
+              backgroundColor: Color? = nil)
   {
     self.source                = source
     self.selection             = selection
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct UXCodeTextViewRepresentable : UXViewRepresentable {
   private var source                 : Binding<String>
   private var selection              : Binding<Range<String.Index>>?
   private var fontSize               : Binding<CGFloat>?
-  private var customBackgroundColor  : NSColor? = nil
+  private var customBackgroundColor  : Color? = nil
   private let language               : CodeEditor.Language?
   private let themeName              : CodeEditor.ThemeName
   private let flags                  : CodeEditor.Flags
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ struct UXCodeTextViewRepresentable : UXViewRepresentable {
       textView.autocorrectionType = .no
       textView.spellCheckingType = .no
       textView.smartQuotesType = .no
+      textView.customBackgroundColor = customBackgroundColor
       #endif
       updateTextView(textView)
       return textView