diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsutils.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsutils.cpp
index 898aea727df..d212e8fdcd8 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsutils.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ QColor QmlJS::toQColor(const QString &qmlColorString)
         bool ok;
         const int alpha = qmlColorString.midRef(1, 2).toInt(&ok, 16);
         if (ok) {
-            const QString name = qmlColorString.at(0) + qmlColorString.rightRef(6);
+            const QString name = qmlColorString.at(0) + qmlColorString.right(6);
             if (QColor::isValidColor(name)) {
                 color.setNamedColor(name);
                 color.setAlpha(alpha);