From 972770972103ec914b992b7cae8745a211634836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Iannone <riannone@me.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:06:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Standardize values in `palette` to hex color values

---
 great_tables/_formats.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/great_tables/_formats.py b/great_tables/_formats.py
index efee91f4f..4ebfc1557 100644
--- a/great_tables/_formats.py
+++ b/great_tables/_formats.py
@@ -2136,6 +2136,9 @@ def data_color(
     if reverse:
         palette = palette[::-1]
 
+    # Standardize values in `palette` to hexadecimal color values
+    palette = _html_color(colors=palette, alpha=alpha)
+
     # Set a flag to indicate whether or not the domain should be calculated automatically
     if domain is None:
         autocalc_domain = True