--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/CSS.java	Mon Feb 25 11:02:53 2019 +0530
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/CSS.java	Tue Feb 26 11:08:07 2019 +0530
@@ -1362,6 +1362,19 @@
         } else {
             digits = value;
         }
+        // Some webpage passes 3 digit color code as in #fff which is
+        // decoded as #000FFF resulting in blue background.
+        // As per https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/#color-units,
+        // The three-digit RGB notation (#rgb) is converted into six-digit form
+        // (#rrggbb) by replicating digits, not by adding zeros.
+        // This makes sure that white (#ffffff) can be specified with the short notation
+        // (#fff) and removes any dependencies on the color depth of the display.
+        if (digits.length() == 3) {
+            final String r = digits.substring(0, 1);
+            final String g = digits.substring(1, 2);
+            final String b = digits.substring(2, 3);
+            digits = String.format("%s%s%s%s%s%s", r, r, g, g, b, b);
+        }
         String hstr = "0x" + digits;
         Color c;
         try {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/javax/swing/JEditorPane/TestBrowserBGColor.java	Tue Feb 26 11:08:07 2019 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key headful
+ * @bug 8213781
+ * @summary Verify webpage background color renders correctly in JEditorPane
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import javax.swing.JDialog;
+import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
+import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent;
+import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkListener;
+import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent;
+import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLDocument;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Insets;
+import java.awt.Point;
+import java.awt.Robot;
+
+public class TestBrowserBGColor extends JFrame implements HyperlinkListener {
+
+    private static TestBrowserBGColor b;
+    private static JEditorPane browser;
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Robot r = new Robot();
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(() -> {
+            try {
+                b = new TestBrowserBGColor();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+            b.setSize(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize());
+            b.setVisible(true);
+            b.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
+            b.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
+                public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
+                    b.dispose();
+                    b = null;
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        r.waitForIdle();
+        r.delay(500);
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(() -> {
+            Insets insets = browser.getInsets();
+            Point loc = browser.getLocationOnScreen();
+            Color c = r.getPixelColor( loc.x + insets.left+100,
+                                  loc.y + insets.top + 100);
+            b.dispose();
+            if (!c.equals(Color.WHITE)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("webpage background color wrong");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    String htmlDoc = " <!DOCTYPE html> <html><style> body { background: #FFF; } </style> <head> <title>Title</title> </head> <body> </body> </html>";
+
+    public TestBrowserBGColor() throws IOException, MalformedURLException {
+        browser = new JEditorPane("text/html", htmlDoc);
+        browser.setEditable(false);
+        browser.addHyperlinkListener(this);
+        JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(browser);
+        getContentPane().add(scroll);
+    }
+
+    public void hyperlinkUpdate(final HyperlinkEvent e) {
+        if (e.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED) {
+            JEditorPane pane = (JEditorPane) e.getSource();
+            if (e instanceof HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent) {
+                HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent evt = (HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent) e;
+                HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) pane.getDocument();
+                doc.processHTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(evt);
+            } else {
+                try {
+                    pane.setPage(e.getURL());
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    t.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}