I found this about color in the index ascx.

Public Function HexToRGBA(hex As String, alpha As String) As String
Dim color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(hex)
Return String.Format("rgba({0},{1},{2},{3})", color.R, color.G, color.B, alpha)
End Function

Could this be causing the issue? If so I have no idea what is wrong with it.

Is my problem the function is not written correctly or that all color calls need to be hex values?