diff --git a/API.Tests/Services/ImageServiceTests.cs b/API.Tests/Services/ImageServiceTests.cs
index a1073a55b..f2c87e1ad 100644
--- a/API.Tests/Services/ImageServiceTests.cs
+++ b/API.Tests/Services/ImageServiceTests.cs
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ public class ImageServiceTests
 
     private static void GenerateColorImage(string hexColor, string outputPath)
     {
-        var color = ImageService.HexToRgb(hexColor);
-        using var colorImage = Image.Black(200, 100);
-        using var output = colorImage + new[] { color.R / 255.0, color.G / 255.0, color.B / 255.0 };
-        output.WriteToFile(outputPath);
+        var (r, g, b) = ImageService.HexToRgb(hexColor);
+        using var blackImage = Image.Black(200, 100);
+        using var colorImage = blackImage.NewFromImage(r, g, b);
+        colorImage.WriteToFile(outputPath);
     }
 
     private void GenerateHtmlFileForColorScape()
diff --git a/API/API.csproj b/API/API.csproj
index f9a889d74..8fbc5755d 100644
--- a/API/API.csproj
+++ b/API/API.csproj
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Filters" Version="8.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="8.9.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="22.0.14" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="VersOne.Epub" Version="3.3.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="16.3.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/API/Services/ImageService.cs b/API/Services/ImageService.cs
index 0255b785d..544efa4ce 100644
--- a/API/Services/ImageService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/ImageService.cs
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ using API.Entities.Interfaces;
 using API.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using NetVips;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Quantization;
-using Color = System.Drawing.Color;
 using Image = NetVips.Image;
 
 namespace API.Services;
@@ -750,7 +748,7 @@ public class ImageService : IImageService
     }
 
 
-    public static Color HexToRgb(string? hex)
+    public static (int R, int G, int B) HexToRgb(string? hex)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(hex)) throw new ArgumentException("Hex cannot be null");
 
@@ -774,7 +772,7 @@ public class ImageService : IImageService
         var g = Convert.ToInt32(hex.Substring(2, 2), 16);
         var b = Convert.ToInt32(hex.Substring(4, 2), 16);
 
-        return Color.FromArgb(r, g, b);
+        return (r, g, b);
     }