diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index aba3167..5ee89b4 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -58,3 +58,17 @@ const rule_t rules[] = {
   {.class = "Emacs", .monitor_amount = 1, .monitor_index = 0, .tags = 1 << 2},
   {.class = "Emacs", .monitor_amount = 2, .monitor_index = 0, .tags = 1 << 1},
 };
+
+const char *const bar_bg = "#222222";
+const char *const tag_color = "#bbbbbb";
+const char *const layout_color = "#bbbbbb";
+const char *const client_name_color = "#bbbbbb";
+const char *const status_color = "#bbbbbb";
+const char *const border_color = "#444444";
+
+const char *const active_bar_bg = "#eeeeee";
+const char *const active_tag_color = "#005577";
+const char *const active_layout_color = "#005577";
+const char *const active_client_name_color = "#005577";
+const char *const active_status_color = "#005577";
+const char *const active_border_color = "#005577";
diff --git a/src/include/types.h b/src/include/types.h
index 75007da..398136a 100644
--- a/src/include/types.h
+++ b/src/include/types.h
@@ -73,3 +73,24 @@ typedef struct rule_t {
   bool maximize;
   bool floating;
 } rule_t;
+
+typedef struct color_t {
+  uint32_t rgba;
+  uint32_t argb;
+  double red;
+  double green;
+  double blue;
+  double alpha;
+} color_t;
+typedef struct color_set_t {
+  color_t bar_bg;
+  color_t tag_color;
+  color_t layout_color;
+  color_t client_name_color;
+  color_t status_color;
+  color_t border_color;
+} color_set_t;
+typedef struct color_scheme_t {
+  color_set_t normal;
+  color_set_t active;
+} color_scheme_t;
diff --git a/src/include/utils.h b/src/include/utils.h
index 22917d9..84685e1 100644
--- a/src/include/utils.h
+++ b/src/include/utils.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 #define LENGTH(X) (sizeof(X) / sizeof(X)[0])
 
@@ -12,3 +13,28 @@ void die(const char *format, ...);
 void *ecalloc(size_t number_of_member, size_t member_size);
 
 bool file_exist(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * @brief 将 16 进制的颜色配置转换成 uint32 格式的 rgba数据
+ *
+ * @param hex 16 进制的颜色表示，支持的格式有
+ * RGB/RGBA/RRGGBB/RRGGBBAA/#RGB/#RGBA/#RRGGBB/#RRGGBBAA
+ * @param rgba 返回数据的指针，解析结果会放到这个指针指向的内存中
+ * @return 如果 hex 是一个能正常解析的颜色，返回 true ，否则返回 false
+ */
+bool hex_color_to_rgba(const char *hex, uint32_t *rgba);
+/**
+ * @brief 将 rgba 通道顺序的颜色转换成 argb 顺序
+ * @description xcb 库用到的颜色需要是 argb 通道顺序
+ */
+uint32_t rgba_to_argb(uint32_t rgba);
+/**
+ * @brief 提取颜色中的各个颜色通道数值
+ * @param rgba uint32 表示的颜色
+ * @param red red channel, range 0~1
+ * @param green green channel, range 0~1
+ * @param blue blue channel, range 0~1
+ * @param alpha alpha channel, range 0~1
+ */
+void extract_color_channel(const uint32_t rgba, double *red, double *green,
+                           double *blue, double *alpha);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b2b4f66..4109680 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ static gboolean update_wallpaper(gpointer user_data);
 static void set_wallpaper_by_index(uint32_t index);
 static wallpaper_config_t *parse_wallpaper_config(void);
 static void free_wallpaper_config(wallpaper_config_t *wallpaper_config);
+static void init_color_scheme(void);
+static void parse_color(const char *hex, color_t *color);
 static void init_xcb_event_loop(void);
 static gboolean handle_xcb_event(GIOChannel *channel, GIOCondition condition,
                                  gpointer userdata);
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ static void cleanup(void);
 
 static monitor_t *monitors = NULL;
 static wallpaper_config_t *wallpaper_config = NULL;
+static color_scheme_t *color_scheme = NULL;
 static GMainLoop *loop = NULL;
 
 /* 调试函数，开发完成后删除 */
@@ -45,6 +48,27 @@ static void print_monitor_list_info(monitor_t *monitor_list) {
   }
   printf("======================= monitor info end =======================\n");
 }
+static void print_color(const char *prompt, const color_t *color) {
+  const char *p = strlen(prompt) ? " " : "";
+  printf("%s%srgba: #%08x, argb: #%08x\n", prompt, p, color->rgba, color->argb);
+}
+static void print_color_set(color_set_t *set) {
+  print_color("== bar bg:", &set->bar_bg);
+  print_color("== tag color:", &set->tag_color);
+  print_color("== layout bg:", &set->layout_color);
+  print_color("== client name color:", &set->client_name_color);
+  print_color("== status color:", &set->status_color);
+  print_color("== border color:", &set->border_color);
+}
+static void print_color_scheme(color_scheme_t *scheme) {
+  printf("================== normal colors ==================\n");
+  print_color_set(&scheme->normal);
+  printf("================ normal colors end ================\n");
+
+  printf("================== active colors ==================\n");
+  print_color_set(&scheme->active);
+  printf("================ active colors end ================\n");
+}
 static void print_wallpaper_config(wallpaper_config_t *config) {
   if (!config) {
     printf("no wallpaper\n");
@@ -205,6 +229,34 @@ void free_wallpaper_config(wallpaper_config_t *wallpaper_config) {
   free(wallpaper_config);
 }
 
+void init_color_scheme(void) {
+  color_scheme = ecalloc(1, sizeof(color_scheme_t));
+
+  parse_color(bar_bg, &color_scheme->normal.bar_bg);
+  parse_color(tag_color, &color_scheme->normal.tag_color);
+  parse_color(layout_color, &color_scheme->normal.layout_color);
+  parse_color(client_name_color, &color_scheme->normal.client_name_color);
+  parse_color(status_color, &color_scheme->normal.status_color);
+  parse_color(border_color, &color_scheme->normal.border_color);
+
+  parse_color(active_bar_bg, &color_scheme->active.bar_bg);
+  parse_color(active_tag_color, &color_scheme->active.tag_color);
+  parse_color(active_layout_color, &color_scheme->active.layout_color);
+  parse_color(active_client_name_color,
+              &color_scheme->active.client_name_color);
+  parse_color(active_status_color, &color_scheme->active.status_color);
+  parse_color(active_border_color, &color_scheme->active.border_color);
+}
+
+void parse_color(const char *hex, color_t *color) {
+  bool success = hex_color_to_rgba(hex, &color->rgba);
+  if (!success) die("invalid hex color: %s", hex);
+
+  color->argb = rgba_to_argb(color->rgba);
+  extract_color_channel(color->rgba, &color->red, &color->green, &color->blue,
+                        &color->alpha);
+}
+
 void init_xcb_event_loop(void) {
   GIOChannel *channel = g_io_channel_unix_new(get_xcb_connection_fd());
   g_io_channel_set_encoding(channel, NULL, NULL);
@@ -230,6 +282,9 @@ void cleanup(void) {
   free_wallpaper_config(wallpaper_config);
   wallpaper_config = NULL;
 
+  free(color_scheme);
+  color_scheme = NULL;
+
   monitor_t *m = monitors;
   client_t *c = m->clients;
   while (m) {
@@ -252,11 +307,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   }
 
   init_monitors();
+  init_color_scheme();
   init_wallpaper();
 
   window_list_t *window_list = scan_window_list();
 
   print_monitor_list_info(monitors);
+  print_color_scheme(color_scheme);
   print_wallpaper_config(wallpaper_config);
   print_window_list(window_list);
 
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index d911534..812a7c0 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -37,3 +37,53 @@ bool file_exist(const char *path) {
   if (!path || !*path) return false;
   return access(path, R_OK) == 0;
 }
+
+bool hex_color_to_rgba(const char *hex, uint32_t *rgba) {
+  if (hex[0] == '#') hex++;
+
+  size_t len = strlen(hex);
+  char extended[9] = {0};
+  uint32_t color = 0x00000000;
+
+  if (len == 3 || len == 4) {
+    extended[0] = extended[1] = hex[0];
+    extended[2] = extended[3] = hex[1];
+    extended[4] = extended[5] = hex[2];
+    if (len == 3) {
+      extended[6] = extended[7] = 'F';
+    } else {
+      extended[6] = extended[7] = hex[3];
+    }
+  } else if (len == 6) {
+    strncpy(extended, hex, len);
+    extended[6] = extended[7] = 'F';
+  } else if (len == 8) {
+    strncpy(extended, hex, len);
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  color = strtoul(extended, NULL, 16) & 0xffffffff;
+  *rgba = color;
+  return true;
+}
+
+#define EXTRACE_COLOR_BIT(C, R) (((C) >> (R)) & 0xff)
+uint32_t rgba_to_argb(uint32_t rgba) {
+  uint32_t r = EXTRACE_COLOR_BIT(rgba, 24);
+  uint32_t g = EXTRACE_COLOR_BIT(rgba, 16);
+  uint32_t b = EXTRACE_COLOR_BIT(rgba, 8);
+  uint32_t a = EXTRACE_COLOR_BIT(rgba, 0);
+
+  uint32_t argb = (a << 24) | (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b;
+  return argb;
+}
+
+#define COLOR_SPLIT(C, R) (EXTRACE_COLOR_BIT((C), (R)) / (double)0xff)
+void extract_color_channel(const uint32_t rgba, double *red, double *green,
+                           double *blue, double *alpha) {
+  *red = COLOR_SPLIT(rgba, 24);
+  *green = COLOR_SPLIT(rgba, 16);
+  *blue = COLOR_SPLIT(rgba, 8);
+  *alpha = COLOR_SPLIT(rgba, 0);
+}