diff --git a/src/v2/db/schema/collections/user-collections.ts b/src/v2/db/schema/collections/user-collections.ts
index c1236725..09fe3bea 100644
--- a/src/v2/db/schema/collections/user-collections.ts
+++ b/src/v2/db/schema/collections/user-collections.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { generateID } from "@/v2/lib/oslo"
 import { createInsertSchema, createSelectSchema } from "drizzle-zod"
 import { userCollectionLikes } from "./user-collection-likes"
 import { userCollectionCollaborators } from "./user-collections-collaborators"
+import type { ColourType } from "@/v2/lib/colour"
 
 /*
 NOTE: this file is where users store their collections of assets.
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export const userCollection = sqliteTable(
             .$defaultFn(() => {
                 return new Date().toISOString()
             }),
+        accentColour: text("accent_colour").$type<ColourType>(),
         isPublic: integer("is_public", { mode: "boolean" })
             .default(false)
             .notNull(),
diff --git a/src/v2/lib/colour.ts b/src/v2/lib/colour.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e49f2082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/v2/lib/colour.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export type ColourType = `#${string}`
+
+export function isValidColour(colour: string): colour is ColourType {
+    return /^#[0-9A-F]{6}$/i.test(colour)
+}