diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
index 67b15d632d..a6f14792f8 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ public function write()
                 $rowCellCount = count($rowCells);
                 for ($j = 0; $j < $rowCellCount; $j++) {
                     $cellStyle = $rowCells[$j]->getStyle();
+                    $cellBgColor = $cellStyle->getBgColor();
+                    $cellFgColor = null;
+                    if ($cellBgColor) {
+                        $red = hexdec(substr($cellBgColor, 0, 2));
+                        $green = hexdec(substr($cellBgColor, 2, 2));
+                        $blue = hexdec(substr($cellBgColor, 4, 2));
+                        $cellFgColor = (($red * 0.299 + $green * 0.587 + $blue * 0.114) > 186) ? null : 'ffffff';
+                    }
                     $cellColSpan = $cellStyle->getGridSpan();
                     $cellRowSpan = 1;
                     $cellVMerge = $cellStyle->getVMerge();
@@ -74,7 +82,9 @@ public function write()
                         $cellTag = $tblHeader ? 'th' : 'td';
                         $cellColSpanAttr = (is_numeric($cellColSpan) && ($cellColSpan > 1) ? " colspan=\"{$cellColSpan}\"" : '');
                         $cellRowSpanAttr = ($cellRowSpan > 1 ? " rowspan=\"{$cellRowSpan}\"" : '');
-                        $content .= "<{$cellTag}{$cellColSpanAttr}{$cellRowSpanAttr}>" . PHP_EOL;
+                        $cellBgColorAttr = (is_null($cellBgColor) ? '' : " bgcolor=\"#{$cellBgColor}\"");
+                        $cellFgColorAttr = (is_null($cellFgColor) ? '' : " color=\"#{$cellFgColor}\"");
+                        $content .= "<{$cellTag}{$cellColSpanAttr}{$cellRowSpanAttr}{$cellBgColorAttr}{$cellFgColorAttr}>" . PHP_EOL;
                         $writer = new Container($this->parentWriter, $rowCells[$j]);
                         $content .= $writer->write();
                         if ($cellRowSpan > 1) {
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
index 5b7176c71b..101e226f50 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ public function testWriteColSpan()
         $section = $phpWord->addSection();
         $table = $section->addTable();
         $row1 = $table->addRow();
-        $cell11 = $row1->addCell(1000, array('gridSpan' => 2));
+        $cell11 = $row1->addCell(1000, array('gridSpan' => 2, 'bgColor' => '6086B8'));
         $cell11->addText('cell spanning 2 bellow');
         $row2 = $table->addRow();
-        $cell21 = $row2->addCell(500);
+        $cell21 = $row2->addCell(500, array('bgColor' => 'ffffff'));
         $cell21->addText('first cell');
         $cell22 = $row2->addCell(500);
         $cell22->addText('second cell');
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ public function testWriteColSpan()
         $this->assertEquals(1, $xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr[1]/td')->length);
         $this->assertEquals('2', $xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr/td[1]')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('colspan')->textContent);
         $this->assertEquals(2, $xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr[2]/td')->length);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('#6086B8', $xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr[1]/td')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('bgcolor')->textContent);
+        $this->assertEquals('#ffffff', $xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr[1]/td')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('color')->textContent);
+        $this->assertEquals('#ffffff', $xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr[2]/td')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('bgcolor')->textContent);
+        $this->assertNull($xpath->query('/html/body/table/tr[2]/td')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('color'));
     }
 
     /**