diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
index c8372e70ac..062ab164b0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
@@ -367,5 +367,17 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PropertyEditors
             var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, height: 200);
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?anchor=center&mode=crop&height=200", urlString);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test to check result when using a background color with padding
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void GetCropUrl_BackgroundColorParameter()
+        {
+            var cropperJson = "{\"focalPoint\": {\"left\": 0.5,\"top\": 0.5},\"src\": \"" + mediaPath + "\",\"crops\": [{\"alias\": \"home\",\"width\": 270,\"height\": 161}]}";
+
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(400, 400, cropperJson, imageCropMode: ImageCropMode.Pad, backgroundColor: "fff");
+            Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=fff", urlString);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
index 3062613b6b..2802e4fe80 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
@@ -228,12 +228,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             bool cacheBuster = true,
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true)
+            bool upScale = true,
+            string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             return
                 new HtmlString(mediaItem.GetCropUrl(width, height, propertyAlias, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                     imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBuster, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                    upScale));
+                    upScale, backgroundColor));
         }
 
         [Obsolete("Use the UrlHelper.GetCropUrl extension instead")]
@@ -252,12 +253,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string cacheBusterValue = null,
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true)
+            bool upScale = true,
+            string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             return
                 new HtmlString(imageUrl.GetCropUrl(width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                     imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                    upScale));
+                    upScale, backgroundColor));
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
index 63157e4fee..08781076dc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
@@ -91,10 +91,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="ratioMode">
         /// Use a dimension as a ratio
-        /// </param>  
+        /// </param>
         /// <param name="upScale">
         /// If the image should be upscaled to requested dimensions
-        /// </param>         
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
+        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
+        /// </param>
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
              bool cacheBuster = true, 
              string furtherOptions = null,
              ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-             bool upScale = true)
+             bool upScale = true,
+             string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             if (mediaItem == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("mediaItem");
 
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 mediaItemUrl = stronglyTyped.Src;
                 return GetCropUrl(
                     mediaItemUrl, stronglyTyped, width, height, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions,
-                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
+                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
             }
 
             //this shouldn't be the case but we'll check
@@ -143,14 +147,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 mediaItemUrl = stronglyTyped.Src;
                 return GetCropUrl(
                     mediaItemUrl, stronglyTyped, width, height, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions,
-                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
+                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
             }
 
             //it's a single string
             mediaItemUrl = cropperValue.ToString();
             return GetCropUrl(
                 mediaItemUrl, width, height, mediaItemUrl, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions,
-                cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
+                cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -198,6 +202,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// <param name="upScale">
         /// If the image should be upscaled to requested dimensions
         /// </param>
+        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
+        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
+        /// </param>
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -215,7 +222,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string cacheBusterValue = null, 
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true)
+            bool upScale = true,
+            string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl)) return string.Empty;
 
@@ -226,7 +234,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             }
             return GetCropUrl(
                 imageUrl, cropDataSet, width, height, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
-                imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
+                imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
         }
 
         public static string GetCropUrl(
@@ -243,7 +251,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string cacheBusterValue = null,
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true)
+            bool upScale = true,
+            string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl) == false)
             {
@@ -350,6 +359,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                     imageProcessorUrl.Append("&upscale=false");
                 }
 
+                if (backgroundColor != null)
+                {
+                    imageProcessorUrl.Append("&bgcolor=" + backgroundColor);
+                }
+
                 if (furtherOptions != null)
                 {
                     imageProcessorUrl.Append(furtherOptions);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
index 629d69ed4a..76a000aded 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Whether to HTML encode this URL - default is true - w3c standards require html attributes to be html encoded but this can be 
         /// set to false if using the result of this method for CSS.
         /// </param>
+        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
+        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
+        /// </param>
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -132,11 +135,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
             bool upScale = true,
-            bool htmlEncode = true)
+            bool htmlEncode = true,
+            string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             var url = mediaItem.GetCropUrl(width, height, propertyAlias, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                 imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBuster, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                upScale);
+                upScale, backgroundColor);
             return htmlEncode ? new HtmlString(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(url)) : new HtmlString(url);
         }
 
@@ -190,6 +194,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Whether to HTML encode this URL - default is true - w3c standards require html attributes to be html encoded but this can be 
         /// set to false if using the result of this method for CSS.
         /// </param>
+        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
+        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
+        /// </param>
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -208,11 +215,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
             bool upScale = true,
-            bool htmlEncode = true)
+            bool htmlEncode = true,
+            string backgroundColor = null)
         {
             var url = imageUrl.GetCropUrl(width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                 imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                upScale);
+                upScale, backgroundColor);
             return htmlEncode ? new HtmlString(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(url)) : new HtmlString(url);            
         }
 
@@ -333,7 +341,5 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         {
             return url.SurfaceAction(action, typeof (T), additionalRouteVals);
         }
-
-
     }
 }
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