diff -r c9b74a765767 -r 3f180523eb3b pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Fri Nov 04 23:32:06 2016 -0300
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Sat Dec 10 16:38:49 2016 -0600
@@ -6069,12 +6069,11 @@
 	if (generated_nick_colors == NULL) {
 		GdkColor color;
 		GdkRGBA rgba;
-		/* FIXME: No matter how I ask the GtkStyleContext, it always gives me
-		 * back black instead of the _actual_ background colour. */
 		color = gtk_widget_get_style(gtkconv->webview)->base[GTK_STATE_NORMAL];
 		rgba.red = color.red / 65535.0;
 		rgba.green = color.green / 65535.0;
 		rgba.blue = color.blue / 65535.0;
+		rgba.alpha = 1.0;
 		generated_nick_colors = generate_nick_colors(NICK_COLOR_GENERATE_COUNT, rgba);
 	}