diff --git a/colour.c b/colour.c
index 5929e982..ac4b72fa 100644
--- a/colour.c
+++ b/colour.c
@@ -281,12 +281,11 @@ const struct colour_rgb colour_to_256[] = {
 	{ 214, 0xff, 0xff, 0xd7 }, { 215, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
 };
 
-int	colour_rgb_cmp(const void *, const void *);
-int	colour_rgb_find(struct colour_rgb *);
+int	colour_cmp_rgb(const void *, const void *);
 
 /* Compare function for bsearch(). */
 int
-colour_rgb_cmp(const void *lhs0, const void *rhs0)
+colour_cmp_rgb(const void *lhs0, const void *rhs0)
 {
 	const struct colour_rgb *lhs = lhs0, *rhs = rhs0;
 
@@ -310,23 +309,22 @@ colour_rgb_cmp(const void *lhs0, const void *rhs0)
 
 /* Work out the nearest colour from the 256 colour set. */
 int
-colour_rgb_find(struct colour_rgb *rgb)
+colour_find_rgb(u_char r, u_char g, u_char b)
 {
-	struct colour_rgb	*found;
-	u_int			 distance, lowest, colour, i;
-	int			 r, g, b;
+	struct colour_rgb	rgb = { .r = r, .g = g, .b = b }, *found;
+	u_int			distance, lowest, colour, i;
 
-	found = bsearch(rgb, colour_to_256, nitems(colour_to_256),
-	    sizeof colour_to_256[0], colour_rgb_cmp);
+	found = bsearch(&rgb, colour_to_256, nitems(colour_to_256),
+	    sizeof colour_to_256[0], colour_cmp_rgb);
 	if (found != NULL)
 		return (16 + found->i);
 
 	colour = 16;
 	lowest = UINT_MAX;
 	for (i = 0; i < 240; i++) {
-		r = colour_from_256[i].r - rgb->r;
-		g = colour_from_256[i].g - rgb->g;
-		b = colour_from_256[i].b - rgb->b;
+		r = colour_from_256[i].r - rgb.r;
+		g = colour_from_256[i].g - rgb.g;
+		b = colour_from_256[i].b - rgb.b;
 
 		distance = r * r + g * g + b * b;
 		if (distance < lowest) {
@@ -409,20 +407,20 @@ colour_tostring(int c)
 int
 colour_fromstring(const char *s)
 {
-	const char		*errstr;
-	const char		*cp;
-	struct colour_rgb	 rgb;
-	int			 n;
+	const char	*errstr;
+	const char	*cp;
+	int		 n;
+	u_char		 r, g, b;
 
 	if (*s == '#' && strlen(s) == 7) {
 		for (cp = s + 1; isxdigit((u_char) *cp); cp++)
 			;
 		if (*cp != '\0')
 			return (-1);
-		n = sscanf(s + 1, "%2hhx%2hhx%2hhx", &rgb.r, &rgb.g, &rgb.b);
+		n = sscanf(s + 1, "%2hhx%2hhx%2hhx", &r, &g, &b);
 		if (n != 3)
 			return (-1);
-		return (colour_rgb_find(&rgb) | 0x100);
+		return (colour_find_rgb(r, g, b) | 0x100);
 	}
 
 	if (strncasecmp(s, "colour", (sizeof "colour") - 1) == 0) {
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 41c0bc85..7a371c62 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ void	input_csi_dispatch_rm_private(struct input_ctx *);
 void	input_csi_dispatch_sm(struct input_ctx *);
 void	input_csi_dispatch_sm_private(struct input_ctx *);
 void	input_csi_dispatch_winops(struct input_ctx *);
+void	input_csi_dispatch_sgr_256(struct input_ctx *, int, u_int *);
+void	input_csi_dispatch_sgr_rgb(struct input_ctx *, int, u_int *);
 void	input_csi_dispatch_sgr(struct input_ctx *);
 int	input_dcs_dispatch(struct input_ctx *);
 int	input_utf8_open(struct input_ctx *);
@@ -1609,13 +1611,71 @@ input_csi_dispatch_winops(struct input_ctx *ictx)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Handle CSI SGR for 256 colours. */
+void
+input_csi_dispatch_sgr_256(struct input_ctx *ictx, int fgbg, u_int *i)
+{
+	struct grid_cell	*gc = &ictx->cell.cell;
+	int			 c;
+
+	(*i)++;
+	c = input_get(ictx, *i, 0, -1);
+	if (c == -1) {
+		if (fgbg == 38) {
+			gc->flags &= ~GRID_FLAG_FG256;
+			gc->fg = 8;
+		} else if (fgbg == 48) {
+			gc->flags &= ~GRID_FLAG_BG256;
+			gc->bg = 8;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (fgbg == 38) {
+			gc->flags |= GRID_FLAG_FG256;
+			gc->fg = c;
+		} else if (fgbg == 48) {
+			gc->flags |= GRID_FLAG_BG256;
+			gc->bg = c;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/* Handle CSI SGR for RGB colours. */
+void
+input_csi_dispatch_sgr_rgb(struct input_ctx *ictx, int fgbg, u_int *i)
+{
+	struct grid_cell	*gc = &ictx->cell.cell;
+	int			 c, r, g, b;
+
+	(*i)++;
+	r = input_get(ictx, *i, 0, -1);
+	if (r == -1 || r > 255)
+		return;
+	(*i)++;
+	g = input_get(ictx, *i, 0, -1);
+	if (g == -1 || g > 255)
+		return;
+	(*i)++;
+	b = input_get(ictx, *i, 0, -1);
+	if (b == -1 || b > 255)
+		return;
+
+	c = colour_find_rgb(r, g, b);
+	if (fgbg == 38) {
+		gc->flags |= GRID_FLAG_FG256;
+		gc->fg = c;
+	} else if (fgbg == 48) {
+		gc->flags |= GRID_FLAG_BG256;
+		gc->bg = c;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Handle CSI SGR. */
 void
 input_csi_dispatch_sgr(struct input_ctx *ictx)
 {
 	struct grid_cell	*gc = &ictx->cell.cell;
 	u_int			 i;
-	int			 n, m;
+	int			 n;
 
 	if (ictx->param_list_len == 0) {
 		memcpy(gc, &grid_default_cell, sizeof *gc);
@@ -1627,28 +1687,13 @@ input_csi_dispatch_sgr(struct input_ctx *ictx)
 
 		if (n == 38 || n == 48) {
 			i++;
-			if (input_get(ictx, i, 0, -1) != 5)
-				continue;
-
-			i++;
-			m = input_get(ictx, i, 0, -1);
-			if (m == -1) {
-				if (n == 38) {
-					gc->flags &= ~GRID_FLAG_FG256;
-					gc->fg = 8;
-				} else if (n == 48) {
-					gc->flags &= ~GRID_FLAG_BG256;
-					gc->bg = 8;
-				}
-
-			} else {
-				if (n == 38) {
-					gc->flags |= GRID_FLAG_FG256;
-					gc->fg = m;
-				} else if (n == 48) {
-					gc->flags |= GRID_FLAG_BG256;
-					gc->bg = m;
-				}
+			switch (input_get(ictx, i, 0, -1)) {
+			case 2:
+				input_csi_dispatch_sgr_rgb(ictx, n, &i);
+				break;
+			case 5:
+				input_csi_dispatch_sgr_256(ictx, n, &i);
+				break;
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index 699ee81e..4ddf5c4a 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -1953,6 +1953,7 @@ char	*xterm_keys_lookup(int);
 int	 xterm_keys_find(const char *, size_t, size_t *, int *);
 
 /* colour.c */
+int	 colour_find_rgb(u_char, u_char, u_char);
 void	 colour_set_fg(struct grid_cell *, int);
 void	 colour_set_bg(struct grid_cell *, int);
 const char *colour_tostring(int);