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diff --git a/‎src/components/rangeslider/defaults.js
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diff --git a/‎test/jasmine/tests/range_slider_test.js
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = function handleDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, axName, counterAxe
         return Lib.coerce(containerIn, containerOut, attributes, attr, dflt);
     }
 
-    coerce('bgcolor');
+    coerce('bgcolor', layoutOut.plot_bgcolor);
     coerce('bordercolor');
     coerce('borderwidth');
     coerce('thickness');
 
@@ -513,6 +513,26 @@ describe('the range slider', function() {
 
             expect(layoutOut).toEqual(expected);
         });
+
+        it('should default \'bgcolor\' to layout \'plot_bgcolor\'', function() {
+            var layoutIn = {
+                xaxis: { rangeslider: true },
+                yaxis: {},
+            };
+
+            var layoutOut = {
+                xaxis: { range: [2, 40]},
+                yaxis: {},
+                plot_bgcolor: 'blue'
+            };
+
+            var axName = 'xaxis',
+                counterAxes = ['yaxis'];
+
+            RangeSlider.handleDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, axName, counterAxes);
+
+            expect(layoutOut.xaxis.rangeslider.bgcolor).toEqual('blue');
+        });
     });
 
     describe('in general', function() {
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`@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = function handleDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, axName, counterAxe`
`27`	`27`	`return Lib.coerce(containerIn, containerOut, attributes, attr, dflt);`
`28`	`28`	`}`
`29`	`29`
`30`		`- coerce('bgcolor');`
	`30`	`+ coerce('bgcolor', layoutOut.plot_bgcolor);`
`31`	`31`	`coerce('bordercolor');`
`32`	`32`	`coerce('borderwidth');`
`33`	`33`	`coerce('thickness');`