diff --git a/pkg/migration/20200322214440.go b/pkg/migration/20200322214440.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77f369a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/migration/20200322214440.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Vikunja and contriubtors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of Vikunja.
+//
+// Vikunja is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Vikunja 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 for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Vikunja.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+type namespace20200322214440 struct {
+	HexColor string `xorm:"varchar(6) null"`
+}
+
+func (s namespace20200322214440) TableName() string {
+	return "namespaces"
+}
+
+func init() {
+	migrations = append(migrations, &xormigrate.Migration{
+		ID:          "20200322214440",
+		Description: "Add hex color property to namepaces",
+		Migrate: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.Sync2(namespace20200322214440{})
+		},
+		Rollback: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.DropTables(namespace20200322214440{})
+		},
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/migration/20200322214624.go b/pkg/migration/20200322214624.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d369c6f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/migration/20200322214624.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Vikunja and contriubtors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of Vikunja.
+//
+// Vikunja is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Vikunja 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 for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Vikunja.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+type list20200322214624 struct {
+	HexColor string `xorm:"varchar(6) null"`
+}
+
+func (s list20200322214624) TableName() string {
+	return "list"
+}
+
+func init() {
+	migrations = append(migrations, &xormigrate.Migration{
+		ID:          "20200322214624",
+		Description: "Add hex color property to list",
+		Migrate: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.Sync2(list20200322214624{})
+		},
+		Rollback: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.DropTables(list20200322214624{})
+		},
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/models/list.go b/pkg/models/list.go
index 1cbb0eb1b..365949444 100644
--- a/pkg/models/list.go
+++ b/pkg/models/list.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ type List struct {
 	Description string `xorm:"longtext null" json:"description"`
 	// The unique list short identifier. Used to build task identifiers.
 	Identifier string `xorm:"varchar(10) null" json:"identifier" valid:"runelength(0|10)" minLength:"0" maxLength:"10"`
+	// The hex color of this list
+	HexColor string `xorm:"varchar(6) null" json:"hex_color" valid:"runelength(0|6)" maxLength:"6"`
 
 	OwnerID     int64 `xorm:"int(11) INDEX not null" json:"-"`
 	NamespaceID int64 `xorm:"int(11) INDEX not null" json:"-" param:"namespace"`
@@ -382,6 +384,9 @@ func CreateOrUpdateList(list *List) (err error) {
 		if list.Identifier != "" {
 			colsToUpdate = append(colsToUpdate, "identifier")
 		}
+		if list.HexColor != "" {
+			colsToUpdate = append(colsToUpdate, "hex_color")
+		}
 
 		_, err = x.
 			ID(list.ID).
diff --git a/pkg/models/namespace.go b/pkg/models/namespace.go
index 3e5714bc6..552f80059 100644
--- a/pkg/models/namespace.go
+++ b/pkg/models/namespace.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type Namespace struct {
 	Description string `xorm:"longtext null" json:"description"`
 	OwnerID     int64  `xorm:"int(11) not null INDEX" json:"-"`
 
+	// The hex color of this namespace
+	HexColor string `xorm:"varchar(6) null" json:"hex_color" valid:"runelength(0|6)" maxLength:"6"`
+
 	// Whether or not a namespace is archived.
 	IsArchived bool `xorm:"not null default false" json:"is_archived" query:"is_archived"`
 
@@ -461,6 +464,9 @@ func (n *Namespace) Update() (err error) {
 	if n.Description != "" {
 		colsToUpdate = append(colsToUpdate, "description")
 	}
+	if n.HexColor != "" {
+		colsToUpdate = append(colsToUpdate, "hex_color")
+	}
 
 	// Do the actual update
 	_, err = x.