diff --git a/Libraries/LibGfx/Color.swift b/Libraries/LibGfx/Color.swift
index 638e12a77b1..f2c396c83ad 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGfx/Color.swift
+++ b/Libraries/LibGfx/Color.swift
@@ -2,18 +2,11 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2024, Andrew Kaster <andrew@ladybird.org>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
- */
+ */ 
 
 import AK
 @_exported import GfxCxx
 
-// FIXME: Do this without extending String with an index operation that was explicitly deleted :^)
-extension Swift.String {
-    subscript(_ index: Int) -> Character {
-        return self[self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: index)]
-    }
-}
-
 private func hexNibbleToUInt8(_ nibble: Character) -> UInt8? {
     guard nibble.isHexDigit else {
         return nil
@@ -41,49 +34,53 @@ public func parseHexString(_ rawString: AK.StringView) -> [Gfx.Color] {
 
     switch string.count {
     case 4:
-        let r = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[1])
-        let g = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[2])
-        let b = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[3])
-
-        guard r != nil && g != nil && b != nil else {
+        guard let r = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)]),
+              let g = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 2)]),
+              let b = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 3)]) else {
             return []
         }
-
-        return [Gfx.Color(r! * 17, g! * 17, b! * 17)]
+        return [Gfx.Color(r * 17, g * 17, b * 17)]
+        
     case 5:
-        let r = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[1])
-        let g = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[2])
-        let b = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[3])
-        let a = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[4])
-
-        guard r != nil && g != nil && b != nil && a != nil else {
+        guard let r = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)]),
+              let g = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 2)]),
+              let b = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 3)]),
+              let a = hexNibbleToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 4)]) else {
             return []
         }
-
-        return [Gfx.Color(r! * 17, g! * 17, b! * 17, a! * 17)]
-    case 6: return []
+        return [Gfx.Color(r * 17, g * 17, b * 17, a * 17)]
+        
+    case 6: 
+        return [] 
+        
     case 7:
-        let r = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[1], string[2])
-        let g = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[3], string[4])
-        let b = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[5], string[6])
-
-        guard r != nil && g != nil && b != nil else {
+        guard let r = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 2)]),
+              let g = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 3)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 4)]),
+              let b = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 5)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 6)]) else {
             return []
         }
-
-        return [Gfx.Color(r!, g!, b!, UInt8(255))]
-    case 8: return []
+        return [Gfx.Color(r, g, b, 255)]
+        
+    case 8: 
+        return [] 
+        
     case 9:
-        let r = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[1], string[2])
-        let g = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[3], string[4])
-        let b = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[5], string[6])
-        let a = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[7], string[8])
-
-        guard r != nil && g != nil && b != nil && a != nil else {
+        guard let r = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 2)]),
+              let g = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 3)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 4)]),
+              let b = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 5)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 6)]),
+              let a = hexNibblesToUInt8(string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 7)],
+                                        string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 8)]) else {
             return []
         }
-
-        return [Gfx.Color(r!, g!, b!, a!)]
-    default: return []
+        return [Gfx.Color(r, g, b, a)]
+        
+    default: 
+        return []
     }
-}
+}
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