diff --git a/lib/cielab_color.dart b/lib/cielab_color.dart
index 6b86ad6..04fe839 100644
--- a/lib/cielab_color.dart
+++ b/lib/cielab_color.dart
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class CielabColor extends Color {
     return new XyzColor(xyz['x'], xyz['y'], xyz['z']);
   }
 
+  RgbaColor toRgbaColor() => this.toRgbColor().toRgbaColor();
+
   CielabColor toCielabColor() => this;
 
   String toString() => "l: $l, a: $a, b: $b";
diff --git a/lib/color.dart b/lib/color.dart
index d940cc4..9f01697 100644
--- a/lib/color.dart
+++ b/lib/color.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ library color;
 import 'dart:math';
 
 part 'rgb_color.dart';
+part 'rgba_color.dart';
 part 'hex_color.dart';
 part 'hsl_color.dart';
 part 'xyz_color.dart';
@@ -33,12 +34,14 @@ part 'color_filter.dart';
 abstract class Color {
   Color() {}
   factory Color.rgb(int r, int g, int b) => new RgbColor(r, g, b);
+  factory Color.rgba(int r, int g, int b, num a) => new RgbaColor(r, g, b, a);
   factory Color.hex(String hexCode) => new HexColor(hexCode);
   factory Color.hsl(num h, num s, num l) => new HslColor(h, s, l);
   factory Color.xyz(num x, num y, num z) => new XyzColor(x, y, z);
   factory Color.cielab(num l, num a, num b) => new CielabColor(l, a, b);
 
   RgbColor toRgbColor();
+  RgbaColor toRgbaColor();
   HslColor toHslColor();
   XyzColor toXyzColor();
   CielabColor toCielabColor();
@@ -49,8 +52,11 @@ abstract class Color {
   Color clone();
 
   get hashCode {
-    RgbColor rgb = this.toRgbColor();
-    return 256 * 256 * rgb.r + 256 * rgb.g + rgb.b;
+    RgbaColor rgba = this.toRgbaColor();
+    return (pow(2, 30) * rgba.a).round() +
+        256 * 256 * rgba.r +
+        256 * rgba.g +
+        rgba.b;
   }
 
   operator ==(Object other) {
@@ -71,6 +77,8 @@ abstract class Color {
         return this.toXyzColor();
       case CielabColor:
         return this.toCielabColor();
+      case RgbaColor:
+        return this.toRgbaColor();
       default:
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/lib/hsl_color.dart b/lib/hsl_color.dart
index c73f12a..d8caa17 100644
--- a/lib/hsl_color.dart
+++ b/lib/hsl_color.dart
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class HslColor extends Color {
     return new RgbColor(rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]);
   }
 
+  RgbaColor toRgbaColor() => this.toRgbColor().toRgbaColor();
+
   HslColor toHslColor() => this;
 
   XyzColor toXyzColor() => this.toRgbColor().toXyzColor();
diff --git a/lib/rgb_color.dart b/lib/rgb_color.dart
index b381b0b..e8026c0 100644
--- a/lib/rgb_color.dart
+++ b/lib/rgb_color.dart
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class RgbColor extends Color {
 
   HexColor toHexColor() => new HexColor.fromRgb(_r, _g, _b);
 
+  RgbaColor toRgbaColor() => new Color.rgba(r, g, b, 1);
+
   String toString() => "r: $r, g: $g, b: $b";
 
   String toCssString() => 'rgb($r, $g, $b)';
diff --git a/lib/rgba_color.dart b/lib/rgba_color.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53a5e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rgba_color.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+part of color;
+
+class RgbaColor extends RgbColor {
+  static const int aMin = 0;
+  static const int aMax = 1;
+
+  num _a;
+  get a => _a;
+
+  set a(num a) => _a = max(aMin, min(aMax, a));
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a [Color] using a vector describing its red, green, blue and alpha
+   * values.
+   *
+   * The value for [r], [g], and [b] should be in the range between 0 and
+   * 255 (inclusive). Values above this range will be assumed to be a value
+   * of 255, and values below this range will be assumed to be a value of 0.
+   * The value for [a] should be between 0 and 1 (1 means
+   * opaque).
+   *
+   * Note that when converting an [RgbaColor] to a different color model that
+   * doesn't provide alpha information, the alpha data [a] will be dropped.
+   */
+  RgbaColor(num r, num g, num b, num a) : super(r, g, b) {
+    this.a = a;
+  }
+
+  RgbaColor toRgbaColor() => this;
+
+  String toString() => "r: $r, g: $g, b: $b, a: $a";
+
+  String toCssString() => 'rgba($r, $g, $b, $a)';
+
+  Map<String, int> toMap() {
+    return {'r': r, 'g': g, 'b': b, 'a': a};
+  }
+
+  RgbaColor clone() => new RgbaColor(this.r, this.g, this.b, this.a);
+}
diff --git a/lib/xyz_color.dart b/lib/xyz_color.dart
index 1aedd5e..d920610 100644
--- a/lib/xyz_color.dart
+++ b/lib/xyz_color.dart
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class XyzColor extends Color {
     return new RgbColor(rgb['r'], rgb['g'], rgb['b']);
   }
 
+  RgbaColor toRgbaColor() => this.toRgbColor().toRgbaColor();
+
   HslColor toHslColor() => this.toRgbColor().toHslColor();
 
   XyzColor toXyzColor() => this;
diff --git a/test/color_test.dart b/test/color_test.dart
index 8b869a6..7088946 100644
--- a/test/color_test.dart
+++ b/test/color_test.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ void main() {
       expect(color.g, equals(255));
       expect(color.b, equals(238));
     });
+    test("through the Color.rgba constructor", () {
+      RgbaColor color = new Color.rgba(192, 255, 238, 0.5);
+      expect(color is Color, isTrue);
+      expect(color.r, equals(192));
+      expect(color.g, equals(255));
+      expect(color.b, equals(238));
+      expect(color.a, equals(0.5));
+    });
     test("through the Color.hex constructor", () {
       HexColor color = new Color.hex('c0ffee');
       expect(color is Color, isTrue);
@@ -45,6 +53,14 @@ void main() {
       expect(color.g, equals(255));
       expect(color.b, equals(238));
     });
+    test("as an RgbaColor", () {
+      RgbaColor color = new RgbaColor(192, 255, 238, 0.5);
+      expect(color is Color, isTrue);
+      expect(color.r, equals(192));
+      expect(color.g, equals(255));
+      expect(color.b, equals(238));
+      expect(color.a, equals(0.5));
+    });
     test("as a HexColor", () {
       HexColor color = new HexColor('c0ffee');
       expect(color is Color, isTrue);
@@ -87,6 +103,11 @@ void main() {
       String string = color.toString();
       expect(string, equals('r: 192, g: 255, b: 238'));
     });
+    test("from an RgbaColor", () {
+      Color color = new Color.rgba(192, 255, 238, 0.5);
+      String string = color.toString();
+      expect(string, equals('r: 192, g: 255, b: 238, a: 0.5'));
+    });
     test("from a HexColor", () {
       Color color = new Color.hex('c0ffee');
       String string = color.toString();
@@ -120,6 +141,11 @@ void main() {
       String string = color.toCssString();
       expect(string, equals('rgb(192, 255, 238)'));
     });
+    test("from an RgbaColor", () {
+      RgbColor color = new Color.rgba(192, 255, 238, 0.5);
+      String string = color.toCssString();
+      expect(string, equals('rgba(192, 255, 238, 0.5)'));
+    });
     test("from a HexColor", () {
       HexColor color = new Color.hex('c0ffee');
       String string = color.toCssString();
@@ -162,6 +188,12 @@ void main() {
       expect(rgb, equals(rgbClone));
       expect(identical(rgb, rgbClone), isFalse);
     });
+    test("as rgba", () {
+      RgbaColor rgba = new RgbaColor(192, 255, 238, 0.5);
+      RgbaColor rgbaClone = rgba.clone();
+      expect(rgba, equals(rgbaClone));
+      expect(identical(rgba, rgbaClone), isFalse);
+    });
     test("as hex", () {
       HexColor hex = new HexColor('c0ffee');
       HexColor hexClone = hex.clone();
@@ -189,18 +221,24 @@ void main() {
   });
   group("Colors can be converted", () {
     RgbColor rgb;
+    RgbaColor rgba;
     HexColor hex;
     HslColor hsl;
     XyzColor xyz;
     CielabColor cielab;
     setUp(() {
       rgb = new RgbColor(192, 255, 238);
+      rgba = new RgbaColor(192, 255, 238, 1);
       hex = new HexColor('c0ffee');
       hsl = new HslColor(163.8, 100, 87.6);
       xyz = new XyzColor(72.931, 88.9, 94.204);
       cielab = new CielabColor(95.538, -23.02, 1.732);
     });
 
+    test("from rgb to rgba", () {
+      RgbaColor conversion = rgb.toRgbaColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(rgba));
+    });
     test("from rgb to hex", () {
       HexColor conversion = rgb.toHexColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(hex));
@@ -218,10 +256,35 @@ void main() {
       expect(conversion, equals(cielab));
     });
 
+    test("from rgba to rgb", () {
+      RgbColor conversion = rgba.toRgbColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(rgb));
+    });
+    test("from rgba to hex", () {
+      HexColor conversion = rgba.toHexColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(hex));
+    });
+    test("from rgba to hsl", () {
+      HslColor conversion = rgba.toHslColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(hsl));
+    });
+    test("from rgba to xyz", () {
+      XyzColor conversion = rgba.toXyzColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(xyz));
+    });
+    test("from rgba to cielab", () {
+      CielabColor conversion = rgba.toCielabColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(cielab));
+    });
+
     test("from hex to rgb", () {
       RgbColor conversion = hex.toRgbColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(rgb));
     });
+    test("from hex to rgba", () {
+      RgbaColor conversion = hex.toRgbaColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(rgba));
+    });
     test("from hex to hsl", () {
       HslColor conversion = hex.toHslColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(hsl));
@@ -239,6 +302,10 @@ void main() {
       RgbColor conversion = hsl.toRgbColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(rgb));
     });
+    test("from hsl to rgba", () {
+      RgbaColor conversion = hsl.toRgbaColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(rgba));
+    });
     test("from hsl to xyz", () {
       XyzColor conversion = hsl.toXyzColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(hsl));
@@ -252,6 +319,10 @@ void main() {
       RgbColor conversion = xyz.toRgbColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(rgb));
     });
+    test("from xyz to rgba", () {
+      RgbaColor conversion = xyz.toRgbaColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(rgba));
+    });
     test("from xyz to hsl", () {
       HslColor conversion = xyz.toHslColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(hsl));
@@ -265,6 +336,10 @@ void main() {
       RgbColor conversion = cielab.toRgbColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(rgb));
     });
+    test("from cielab to rgba", () {
+      RgbaColor conversion = cielab.toRgbaColor();
+      expect(conversion, equals(rgba));
+    });
     test("from cielab to hsl", () {
       HslColor conversion = cielab.toHslColor();
       expect(conversion, equals(hsl));