diff --git a/bin/omarchy-theme-set-templates b/bin/omarchy-theme-set-templates
index 4e34dd96..2e24d705 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-theme-set-templates
+++ b/bin/omarchy-theme-set-templates
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [[ -f $COLORS_FILE ]]; then
   # Parse TOML using yq (treating it as YAML since the flat key=value structure is compatible)
   # We convert 'key = value' to 'key: value' to make it valid YAML, then use yq/jq to generate the replacement commands.
   sed_script=$(mktemp)
-  sed 's/=/:/' "$COLORS_FILE" | yq -r 'to_entries[] | "s|{{ \(.key) }}|\(.value)|g"' > "$sed_script"
+  sed 's/=/:/' "$COLORS_FILE" | yq -r 'to_entries[] | "s|{{ \(.key) }}|\(.value)|g", "s|{{ \(.key)_strip }}|\(.value | sub("^#";""))|g"' > "$sed_script"
 
   shopt -s nullglob
   for tpl in "$TEMPLATES_DIR"/*.tpl; do
diff --git a/themes/templates.d/hyprland.conf.tpl b/themes/templates.d/hyprland.conf.tpl
index a8502b38..e4dbf3c3 100644
--- a/themes/templates.d/hyprland.conf.tpl
+++ b/themes/templates.d/hyprland.conf.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$activeBorderColor = {{ accent }}
+$activeBorderColor = rgb({{ accent_strip }})
 
 general {
     col.active_border = $activeBorderColor