diff --git a/modules/markup/sanitizer.go b/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
index c0b449ea5b..c40a3c6b65 100644
--- a/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
+++ b/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ func createDefaultPolicy() *bluemonday.Policy {
 	// Allow icons, emojis, chroma syntax and keyword markup on span
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class").Matching(regexp.MustCompile(`^((icon(\s+[\p{L}\p{N}_-]+)+)|(emoji)|(language-math display)|(language-math inline))$|^([a-z][a-z0-9]{0,2})$|^` + keywordClass + `$`)).OnElements("span")
 
-	// Allow 'color' and 'background-color' properties for the style attribute on text elements.
-	policy.AllowStyles("color", "background-color").OnElements("span", "p")
+	// Allow 'color' and 'background-color' properties for the style attribute on text elements and table cells.
+	policy.AllowStyles("color", "background-color").OnElements("span", "p", "th", "td")
 
 	// Allow classes for file preview links...
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class").Matching(regexp.MustCompile("^(lines-num|lines-code chroma)$")).OnElements("td")
diff --git a/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go b/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
index b7b8792bd7..56b2fcf474 100644
--- a/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ func Test_Sanitizer(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Color property
 		`<span style="color: red">Hello World</span>`, `<span style="color: red">Hello World</span>`,
-		`<p style="color: red">Hello World</p>`, `<p style="color: red">Hello World</p>`,
+		`<p style="color: red; background-color: red">Hello World</p>`, `<p style="color: red; background-color: red">Hello World</p>`,
+		`<table><tr><th style="color: red">TH1</th><th style="background-color: red">TH2</th><th style="color: red; background-color: red">TH3</th></tr><tr><td style="color: red">TD1</td><td style="background-color: red">TD2</td><td style="color: red; background-color: red">TD3</td></tr></table>`, `<table><tr><th style="color: red">TH1</th><th style="background-color: red">TH2</th><th style="color: red; background-color: red">TH3</th></tr><tr><td style="color: red">TD1</td><td style="background-color: red">TD2</td><td style="color: red; background-color: red">TD3</td></tr></table>`,
 		`<code style="color: red">Hello World</code>`, `<code>Hello World</code>`,
+		`<code style="background-color: red">Hello World</code>`, `<code>Hello World</code>`,
 		`<span style="bad-color: red">Hello World</span>`, `<span>Hello World</span>`,
 		`<p style="bad-color: red">Hello World</p>`, `<p>Hello World</p>`,
 		`<code style="bad-color: red">Hello World</code>`, `<code>Hello World</code>`,