diff --git a/packages/dom/src/stripHTML.ts b/packages/dom/src/stripHTML.ts
index 85ae43b729fe..89d460c8fef1 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/stripHTML.ts
+++ b/packages/dom/src/stripHTML.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-const buffer = document.createElement('div');
+const parser = new DOMParser();
 
 export default function stripHTML(string: string) {
   // @todo: implement a cheaper way to strip markup.
-  buffer.innerHTML = string;
-  return buffer.textContent || '';
+  const doc = parser.parseFromString(string, 'text/html');
+  return doc.body.textContent || '';
 }
diff --git a/packages/element-library/src/text/display.tsx b/packages/element-library/src/text/display.tsx
index 7c18118853d4..b24dbb619d4d 100644
--- a/packages/element-library/src/text/display.tsx
+++ b/packages/element-library/src/text/display.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useMemo } from '@googleforcreators/react';
 import { createSolid, type Solid } from '@googleforcreators/patterns';
 import { useUnits } from '@googleforcreators/units';
 import { useTransformHandler } from '@googleforcreators/transform';
-import { getHTMLFormatters, getHTMLInfo } from '@googleforcreators/rich-text';
+import {
+  getHTMLFormatters,
+  getHTMLInfo,
+  sanitizeEditorHtml,
+} from '@googleforcreators/rich-text';
 import { stripHTML } from '@googleforcreators/dom';
 import {
   getResponsiveBorder,
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@ function TextDisplay({
                 borderRadius={borderRadius}
                 dataToEditorY={dataToEditorY}
                 dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
-                  __html: contentWithoutColor,
+                  __html: sanitizeEditorHtml(contentWithoutColor),
                 }}
               />
             </MarginedElement>
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ function TextDisplay({
                 ref={fgRef}
                 {...props}
                 dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
-                  __html: content,
+                  __html: sanitizeEditorHtml(content),
                 }}
               />
             </MarginedElement>
@@ -351,7 +355,7 @@ function TextDisplay({
       <FillElement
         ref={fgRef as RefObject<HTMLParagraphElement>}
         dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
-          __html: content,
+          __html: sanitizeEditorHtml(content),
         }}
         previewMode={previewMode}
         {...props}
diff --git a/packages/element-library/src/text/frame.tsx b/packages/element-library/src/text/frame.tsx
index 7e54f483fcaa..87ebfa5f1127 100644
--- a/packages/element-library/src/text/frame.tsx
+++ b/packages/element-library/src/text/frame.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ import type {
   TextElementFont,
   FrameProps,
 } from '@googleforcreators/elements';
-import { getCaretCharacterOffsetWithin } from '@googleforcreators/rich-text';
+import {
+  getCaretCharacterOffsetWithin,
+  sanitizeEditorHtml,
+} from '@googleforcreators/rich-text';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ function TextFrame({
       // See https://github.com/googleforcreators/web-stories-wp/issues/7745.
       data-fix-caret
       className="syncMargin"
-      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: content }}
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeEditorHtml(content) }}
       {...props}
     />
   );
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/color.ts b/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/color.ts
index 87470b394e2a..7c96990e34e8 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/color.ts
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/color.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import {
   createSolid,
   generatePatternStyles,
-  getHexFromSolid,
-  getSolidFromHex,
   isPatternEqual,
   createSolidFromString,
 } from '@googleforcreators/patterns';
@@ -37,17 +35,7 @@ import {
   togglePrefixStyle,
   getPrefixStylesInSelection,
 } from '../styleManipulation';
-import { isStyle, getVariable } from './util';
-
-/*
- * Color uses PREFIX-XXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXX is the 8 digit
- * hex representation of the RGBA color.
- */
-const styleToColor = (style: string): Pattern =>
-  getSolidFromHex(getVariable(style, COLOR));
-
-const colorToStyle = (color: Solid): string =>
-  `${COLOR}-${getHexFromSolid(color)}`;
+import { isStyle, styleToColor, colorToStyle } from './util';
 
 function elementToStyle(element: HTMLElement): string | null {
   const isSpan = element.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'span';
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/gradientColor.ts b/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/gradientColor.ts
index b5719257c846..de0f75510961 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/gradientColor.ts
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/gradientColor.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import {
   createSolid,
   generatePatternStyles,
-  getGradientStyleFromColor,
   isPatternEqual,
   getColorFromGradientStyle,
   type Gradient,
@@ -38,13 +37,11 @@ import {
   togglePrefixStyle,
   getPrefixStylesInSelection,
 } from '../styleManipulation';
-import { isStyle, getVariable } from './util';
-
-const styleToColor = (style: string): Gradient =>
-  getColorFromGradientStyle(getVariable(style, GRADIENT_COLOR));
-
-const colorToStyle = (color: Gradient): string =>
-  `${GRADIENT_COLOR}-${getGradientStyleFromColor(color)}`;
+import {
+  isStyle,
+  styleToGradientColor as styleToColor,
+  gradientColorToStyle as colorToStyle,
+} from './util';
 
 function elementToStyle(element: HTMLElement): string | null {
   const isSpan = element.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'span';
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/util.ts b/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/util.ts
index b6cecb6f58bb..9aaccb06d5b6 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/util.ts
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/formatters/util.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,25 @@
  * External dependencies
  */
 import type { FontWeight, FontVariantStyle } from '@googleforcreators/elements';
+import {
+  getColorFromGradientStyle,
+  getGradientStyleFromColor,
+  getHexFromSolid,
+  getSolidFromHex,
+  type Gradient,
+  type Pattern,
+  type Solid,
+} from '@googleforcreators/patterns';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { type LETTERSPACING, WEIGHT } from '../customConstants';
+import {
+  COLOR,
+  GRADIENT_COLOR,
+  type LETTERSPACING,
+  WEIGHT,
+} from '../customConstants';
 
 export const isStyle = (style: string | undefined, prefix: string) =>
   Boolean(style?.startsWith(prefix));
@@ -60,3 +74,19 @@ export function styleToNumeric(
 export function weightToStyle(weight: number) {
   return numericToStyle(WEIGHT, weight);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Color uses PREFIX-XXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXX is the 8 digit
+ * hex representation of the RGBA color.
+ */
+export const styleToColor = (style: string): Pattern =>
+  getSolidFromHex(getVariable(style, COLOR));
+
+export const colorToStyle = (color: Solid): string =>
+  `${COLOR}-${getHexFromSolid(color)}`;
+
+export const styleToGradientColor = (style: string): Gradient =>
+  getColorFromGradientStyle(getVariable(style, GRADIENT_COLOR));
+
+export const gradientColorToStyle = (color: Gradient): string =>
+  `${GRADIENT_COLOR}-${getGradientStyleFromColor(color)}`;
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/getTextColors.ts b/packages/rich-text/src/getTextColors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..763e676ec336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/getTextColors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import {
+  createSolid,
+  getHexFromSolid,
+  type Solid,
+} from '@googleforcreators/patterns';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { COLOR, NONE } from './customConstants';
+import { getSelectAllStateFromHTML } from './htmlManipulation';
+import { getPrefixStylesInSelection } from './styleManipulation';
+import { styleToColor } from './formatters/util';
+
+export default function getTextColors(html: string): string[] {
+  const htmlState = getSelectAllStateFromHTML(html);
+  return getPrefixStylesInSelection(htmlState, COLOR)
+    .map((color) => {
+      if (color === NONE) {
+        return createSolid(0, 0, 0);
+      }
+
+      return styleToColor(color) as Solid;
+    })
+    .map(
+      // To remove the alpha channel.
+      (color) => '#' + getHexFromSolid(color).slice(0, 6)
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/htmlManipulation.ts b/packages/rich-text/src/htmlManipulation.ts
index 61387cb676a3..cc3b16f1442d 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/htmlManipulation.ts
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/htmlManipulation.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * External dependencies
  */
 import { EditorState } from 'draft-js';
+import { filterEditorState } from 'draftjs-filters';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -28,6 +29,16 @@ import customImport from './customImport';
 import customExport from './customExport';
 import { getSelectionForAll } from './util';
 import type { StyleSetter, AllowedSetterArgs } from './types';
+import {
+  ITALIC,
+  UNDERLINE,
+  WEIGHT,
+  COLOR,
+  LETTERSPACING,
+  UPPERCASE,
+  GRADIENT_COLOR,
+} from './customConstants';
+import { getPrefixStylesInSelection } from './styleManipulation';
 
 /**
  * Return an editor state object with content set to parsed HTML
@@ -60,8 +71,7 @@ function updateAndReturnHTML(
   ...args: [AllowedSetterArgs]
 ) {
   const stateWithUpdate = updater(getSelectAllStateFromHTML(html), ...args);
-  const renderedHTML = customExport(stateWithUpdate);
-  return renderedHTML;
+  return customExport(stateWithUpdate);
 }
 
 const getHTMLFormatter =
@@ -90,3 +100,32 @@ export function getHTMLInfo(html: string) {
   const htmlStateInfo = getStateInfo(getSelectAllStateFromHTML(html));
   return htmlStateInfo;
 }
+
+export function sanitizeEditorHtml(html: string) {
+  const editorState = getSelectAllStateFromHTML(html);
+
+  const styles: string[] = [
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, ITALIC),
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, UNDERLINE),
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, WEIGHT),
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, COLOR),
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, LETTERSPACING),
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, UPPERCASE),
+    ...getPrefixStylesInSelection(editorState, GRADIENT_COLOR),
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    customExport(
+      filterEditorState(
+        {
+          blocks: [],
+          styles,
+          entities: [],
+          maxNesting: 1,
+          whitespacedCharacters: [],
+        },
+        editorState
+      )
+    ) || ''
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/index.ts b/packages/rich-text/src/index.ts
index 1ad875eee0c0..875e4ae4e835 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export { default as RichTextContext } from './context';
 export { default as useRichText } from './useRichText';
 export { default as usePasteTextContent } from './usePasteTextContent';
 export { default as getFontVariants } from './getFontVariants';
+export { default as getTextColors } from './getTextColors';
 export { default as getCaretCharacterOffsetWithin } from './utils/getCaretCharacterOffsetWithin';
 export * from './htmlManipulation';
 
diff --git a/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/getSpansFromContent.js b/packages/rich-text/src/test/getTextColors.ts
similarity index 51%
rename from packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/getSpansFromContent.js
rename to packages/rich-text/src/test/getTextColors.ts
index 9ec25e0950ce..df79b7a69e8f 100644
--- a/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/getSpansFromContent.js
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/test/getTextColors.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,22 +14,19 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-let spansFromContentBuffer;
 /**
- *
- * @param {string} content the buffer containing text element content
- * @return {Array} list of individual span elements from the content
+ * Internal dependencies
  */
-export function getSpansFromContent(content) {
-  // memoize buffer
-  if (!spansFromContentBuffer) {
-    spansFromContentBuffer = document.createElement('div');
-  }
+import getTextColors from '../getTextColors';
+
+describe('getTextColors', () => {
+  it('should return a list of text colors', () => {
+    const htmlContent =
+      'Fill in <span style="color: #eb0404">some</span> <span style="color: #026111">text</span>';
+    const expected = ['#000000', '#eb0404', '#026111'];
 
-  spansFromContentBuffer.innerHTML = content;
+    const actual = getTextColors(htmlContent);
 
-  // return Array instead of HtmlCollection
-  return Array.prototype.slice.call(
-    spansFromContentBuffer.getElementsByTagName('span')
-  );
-}
+    expect(actual).toStrictEqual(expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/checks/pageBackgroundLowTextContrast/check.js b/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/checks/pageBackgroundLowTextContrast/check.js
index bf11ed88e270..8eab4ce1708a 100644
--- a/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/checks/pageBackgroundLowTextContrast/check.js
+++ b/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/checks/pageBackgroundLowTextContrast/check.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   preloadImage,
 } from '@googleforcreators/media';
 import { createSolidFromString } from '@googleforcreators/patterns';
+import { getTextColors } from '@googleforcreators/rich-text';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import {
   calculateLuminanceFromStyleColor,
   checkContrastFromLuminances,
 } from '../../../../utils/contrastUtils';
-import { getSpansFromContent } from '../../utils';
 import getMediaBaseColor from '../../../../utils/getMediaBaseColor';
 import { noop } from '../../../../utils/noop';
 
@@ -276,19 +276,7 @@ async function getOverlapBgColor({ bgImage, bgBox, overlapBox }) {
  * @return {Array} the style colors from the span tags in text element content
  */
 function getTextStyleColors(element) {
-  const spans = getSpansFromContent(element.content);
-  const textStyleColors = spans
-    .map((span) => span.style?.color)
-    .filter(Boolean);
-  // if no colors were retrieved but there are spans, there is a black default color
-  const noColorStyleOnSpans =
-    textStyleColors.length === 0 && spans.length !== 0;
-  // if no spans were retrieved but there is content, there is a black default color
-  const noSpans = element.content.length !== 0 && spans.length === 0;
-  if (noColorStyleOnSpans || noSpans) {
-    textStyleColors.push('rgb(0, 0, 0)');
-  }
-  return textStyleColors;
+  return getTextColors(element.content);
 }
 
 function getTextShapeBackgroundColor({ background }) {
diff --git a/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/index.js b/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/index.js
index 1463997c0b9d..addb438fac0a 100644
--- a/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/index.js
+++ b/packages/story-editor/src/components/checklist/utils/index.js
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ export { characterCountForPage } from './characterCountForPage';
 export { filterStoryPages } from './filterStoryPages';
 export { filterStoryElements } from './filterStoryElements';
 export { getVisibleThumbnails } from './getVisibleThumbnails';
-export { getSpansFromContent } from './getSpansFromContent';
 export { ThumbnailPagePreview } from './thumbnailPagePreview';