diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
index 5cf50f0d..2dcc0040 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
@@ -121,12 +121,17 @@ public final class ChatColor
      * Resets all previous chat colors or formats.
      */
     public static final ChatColor RESET = new ChatColor( 'r', "reset" );
+    /**
+     * Count used for populating legacy ordinal.
+     */
+    private static int count = 0;
     /**
      * This colour's colour char prefixed by the {@link #COLOR_CHAR}.
      */
     private final String toString;
     @Getter
     private final String name;
+    private final int ordinal;
 
     private ChatColor(char code, String name)
     {
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ public final class ChatColor
         {
             COLOR_CHAR, code
         } );
+        this.ordinal = count++;
 
         BY_CHAR.put( code, this );
         BY_NAME.put( name.toUpperCase( Locale.ROOT ), this );
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ public final class ChatColor
     {
         this.name = name;
         this.toString = toString;
+        this.ordinal = -1;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -294,4 +301,17 @@ public final class ChatColor
     {
         return getName().toUpperCase( Locale.ROOT );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * See {@link Enum#ordinal()}.
+     *
+     * @return ordinal
+     * @deprecated holdover from when this class was an enum
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public int ordinal()
+    {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument( ordinal >= 0, "Cannot get ordinal of hex color" );
+        return ordinal;
+    }
 }