diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/color/README.md b/packages/@react-stately/color/README.md
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+# @react-stately/color
+
+This package is part of [react-spectrum](https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum). See the repo for more details.
diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/color/index.ts b/packages/@react-stately/color/index.ts
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+++ b/packages/@react-stately/color/index.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+ * of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './src';
diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/color/package.json b/packages/@react-stately/color/package.json
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index 00000000000..7383c657606
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+++ b/packages/@react-stately/color/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@react-stately/color",
+  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.1",
+  "description": "Spectrum UI components in React",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "main": "dist/main.js",
+  "module": "dist/module.js",
+  "types": "dist/types.d.ts",
+  "source": "src/index.ts",
+  "files": ["dist", "src"],
+  "sideEffects": false,
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/runtime": "^7.6.2"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "react": "^16.8.0"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/color/src/Color.ts b/packages/@react-stately/color/src/Color.ts
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index 00000000000..6c2fcac229c
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+++ b/packages/@react-stately/color/src/Color.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+ * of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/** A list of supported color formats. */
+type ColorFormat = 'hex' | 'hexa' | 'rgb' | 'rgba' | 'hsl' | 'hsla' | 'hsb' | 'hsba';
+
+/** A list of color channels. */
+type ColorChannel = 'hue' | 'saturation' | 'brightness' | 'lightness' | 'red' | 'green' | 'blue' | 'alpha';
+
+export class Color {
+  private value: ColorValue;
+
+  constructor(value: string) {
+    let parsed: ColorValue | void = RGBColor.parse(value);
+    if (parsed) {
+      this.value = parsed;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('Invalid color value: ' + value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static fromColorValue(value: ColorValue): Color {
+    let x: Color = Object.create(Color.prototype);
+    x.value = value;
+    return x;
+  }
+
+  toFormat(format: ColorFormat): Color {
+    switch (format) {
+      case 'hex':
+      case 'hexa':
+      case 'rgb':
+      case 'rgba':
+        return Color.fromColorValue(this.value.toRGB());
+      case 'hsl':
+      case 'hsla':
+        return Color.fromColorValue(this.value.toHSL());
+      case 'hsb':
+      case 'hsba':
+        return Color.fromColorValue(this.value.toHSB());
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Invalid color format: ' + format);
+    }
+  }
+
+  toString(format: ColorFormat) {
+    switch (format) {
+      case 'hex':
+      case 'hexa':
+      case 'rgb':
+      case 'rgba':
+        return this.value.toRGB().toString(format);
+      case 'hsl':
+      case 'hsla':
+        return this.value.toHSL().toString(format);
+      case 'hsb':
+      case 'hsba':
+        return this.value.toHSB().toString(format);
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Invalid color format: ' + format);
+    }
+  }
+
+  getChannelValue(channel: ColorChannel): number {
+    if (channel in this.value) {
+      return this.value[channel];
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('Unsupported color channel: ' + channel);
+  }
+}
+
+interface ColorValue {
+  toRGB(): ColorValue,
+  toHSB(): ColorValue,
+  toHSL(): ColorValue,
+  toString(format: ColorFormat): string
+}
+
+const HEX_REGEX = /^#(?:([0-9a-f]{3})|([0-9a-f]{6}))$/i;
+
+class RGBColor implements ColorValue {
+  constructor(private red: number, private green: number, private blue: number, private alpha: number) {}
+
+  static parse(value: string): RGBColor | void {
+    let m;
+    if ((m = value.match(HEX_REGEX))) {
+      if (m[1]) {
+        let r = parseInt(m[1][0] + m[1][0], 16);
+        let g = parseInt(m[1][1] + m[1][1], 16);
+        let b = parseInt(m[1][2] + m[1][2], 16);
+        return new RGBColor(r, g, b, 1);
+      } else if (m[2]) {
+        let r = parseInt(m[2][0] + m[2][1], 16);
+        let g = parseInt(m[2][2] + m[2][3], 16);
+        let b = parseInt(m[2][4] + m[2][5], 16);
+        return new RGBColor(r, g, b, 1);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // TODO: check rgb and rgba strings
+    }
+  }
+
+  toString(format: ColorFormat) {
+    switch (format) {
+      case 'hex':
+        return '#' + (1 << 24 | this.red << 16 | this.green << 8 | this.blue).toString(16).slice(1).toUpperCase();
+      case 'rgb':
+        return `rgb(${this.red}, ${this.green}, ${this.blue})`;
+      case 'rgba':
+        return `rgba(${this.red}, ${this.green}, ${this.blue}, ${this.alpha})`;
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Unsupported color format: ' + format);
+    }
+  }
+
+  toRGB(): ColorValue {
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  toHSB(): ColorValue {
+    throw new Error('Not implemented');
+  }
+
+  toHSL(): ColorValue {
+    throw new Error('Not implemented');
+  }
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+class HSBColor implements ColorValue {
+  constructor(private hue: number, private saturation: number, private brightness: number, private alpha: number) {}
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  static parse(value: string): HSBColor | void {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  toString(format: ColorFormat) {
+    switch (format) {
+      case 'hsb':
+        return `hsb(${this.hue}, ${this.saturation}%, ${this.brightness}%)`;
+      case 'hsba':
+        return `hsba(${this.hue}, ${this.saturation}%, ${this.brightness}%, ${this.alpha})`;
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Unsupported color format: ' + format);
+    }
+  }
+
+  toRGB(): ColorValue {
+    throw new Error('Not implemented');
+  }
+
+  toHSB(): ColorValue {
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  toHSL(): ColorValue {
+    throw new Error('Not implemented');
+  }
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+class HSLColor implements ColorValue {
+  constructor(private hue: number, private saturation: number, private lightness: number, private alpha: number) {}
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  static parse(value: string): HSLColor | void {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  toString(format: ColorFormat) {
+    switch (format) {
+      case 'hsl':
+        return `hsl(${this.hue}, ${this.saturation}%, ${this.lightness}%)`;
+      case 'hsla':
+        return `hsla(${this.hue}, ${this.saturation}%, ${this.lightness}%, ${this.alpha})`;
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Unsupported color format: ' + format);
+    }
+  }
+
+  toRGB(): ColorValue {
+    throw new Error('Not implemented');
+  }
+
+  toHSB(): ColorValue {
+    throw new Error('Not implemented');
+  }
+
+  toHSL(): ColorValue {
+    return this;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/color/src/index.ts b/packages/@react-stately/color/src/index.ts
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index 00000000000..ea4b501621e
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+++ b/packages/@react-stately/color/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+ * of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './Color';
diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/color/test/Color.test.js b/packages/@react-stately/color/test/Color.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b4c23a028f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@react-stately/color/test/Color.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+ * of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {Color} from '../src/Color';
+
+describe('Color', function () {
+  describe('hex', function () {
+    it('should parse a short hex color', function () {
+      let color = new Color('#abc');
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('red')).toBe(170);
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('green')).toBe(187);
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('blue')).toBe(204);
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('alpha')).toBe(1);
+      expect(color.toString('hex')).toBe('#AABBCC');
+      expect(color.toString('rgb')).toBe('rgb(170, 187, 204)');
+      expect(color.toString('rgba')).toBe('rgba(170, 187, 204, 1)');
+    });
+
+    it('should parse a long hex color', function () {
+      let color = new Color('#abcdef');
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('red')).toBe(171);
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('green')).toBe(205);
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('blue')).toBe(239);
+      expect(color.getChannelValue('alpha')).toBe(1);
+      expect(color.toString('hex')).toBe('#ABCDEF');
+      expect(color.toString('rgb')).toBe('rgb(171, 205, 239)');
+      expect(color.toString('rgba')).toBe('rgba(171, 205, 239, 1)');
+    });
+
+    it('should throw on invalid hex value', function () {
+      expect(() => new Color('#ggg')).toThrow('Invalid color value: #ggg');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plop-templates/@react-spectrum/package.json.hbs b/plop-templates/@react-spectrum/package.json.hbs
index 42c57366f5c..2a23c2ef233 100644
--- a/plop-templates/@react-spectrum/package.json.hbs
+++ b/plop-templates/@react-spectrum/package.json.hbs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "module": "dist/module.js",
   "types": "dist/types.d.ts",
   "source": "src/index.ts",
-  "files": ["dist"],
+  "files": ["dist", "src"],
   "sideEffects": [
     "*.css"
   ],
diff --git a/plop-templates/@react-stately/package.json.hbs b/plop-templates/@react-stately/package.json.hbs
index dcf5999b976..d2d5fba50c6 100644
--- a/plop-templates/@react-stately/package.json.hbs
+++ b/plop-templates/@react-stately/package.json.hbs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "module": "dist/module.js",
   "types": "dist/types.d.ts",
   "source": "src/index.ts",
-  "files": ["dist"],
+  "files": ["dist", "src"],
   "sideEffects": false,
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",