diff --git a/src/mappings/coloring.js b/src/mappings/coloring.js
index 3bbec1b..8882f40 100644
--- a/src/mappings/coloring.js
+++ b/src/mappings/coloring.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { parseColor, rgbaToHexRgba } from "../support/colors.js";
+import { hslaToCssHsla, hslaToRgba, parseColorToHsla, parseColorToRgba, rgbaToCssRgba, rgbaToHexRgba, rgbaToHsla } from "../support/colors.js";
 import VisUpdateRouter from "../visualization/VisUpdateRouter.js";
 import { numerical } from "./numeric.js";
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { numerical } from "./numeric.js";
  * 
  * @param {object} conf The configuration of the mapping.
  * @param {HTMLElement} conf.element The element whose text's red value should be mapped.
- * @param {number} conf.color Where r for red, g, for green, b for blue, and a for alpha.
+ * @param {string} conf.color Where r for red, g, for green, b for blue, and a for alpha.
  * @param {number} conf.lowerBin The lower bound of the bins to be mapped.
  * @param {VisUpdateRouter} conf.visUpdateRouter The visualizer update manager associated with the audio playback you would like the mapping with.
  * @param {Function} conf.interpolator The interpolation function to use.
@@ -26,12 +26,20 @@ export function backgroundColorRgba({ element, color, lowerBin, visUpdateRouter,
     if (color < 0) throw new Error("Invalid color parameter provided.");
     const getter = () => {
         if (!element.style.backgroundColor) element.style.backgroundColor = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 255)";
-        return parseColor(element.style.backgroundColor)[color];
+        return parseColorToRgba(element.style.backgroundColor)[color];
     };
     const setter = (value) => {
-        const changed = parseColor(element.style.backgroundColor);
+        const changed = parseColorToRgba(element.style.backgroundColor);
         changed[color] = value;
-        element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToHexRgba(changed);
+        if (element.style.backgroundColor.startsWith("rgb")) {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToCssRgba(changed);
+        } else if (element.style.backgroundColor.startsWith("hsl")) {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = hslaToCssHsla(rgbaToHsla(changed));
+        } else if (element.style.backgroundColor.startsWith("#")) {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToHexRgba(changed);
+        } else {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToHexRgba(changed);
+        }
     };
     upperVal = Math.min(Math.max(0, upperVal), 255);
     lowerVal = Math.min(Math.max(0, lowerVal), upperVal);
@@ -49,12 +57,71 @@ export function backgroundColorRgba({ element, color, lowerBin, visUpdateRouter,
     return numerical(conf);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Maps a color component of an element background color to a certain range of frequency bins.
+ * 
+ * @param {object} conf The configuration of the mapping.
+ * @param {HTMLElement} conf.element The element whose text's red value should be mapped.
+ * @param {number} conf.select Where h for hue, s, for saturation, l for lightness, and a for alpha.
+ * @param {number} conf.lowerBin The lower bound of the bins to be mapped.
+ * @param {VisUpdateRouter} conf.visUpdateRouter The visualizer update manager associated with the audio playback you would like the mapping with.
+ * @param {Function} conf.interpolator The interpolation function to use.
+ * @param {number} [conf.upperBin=undefined] The upper bound of the bins to be mapped. If left undefined, then only the bin defined by the min value is used.
+ * @param {boolean} [conf.reversed=true] If true, then the quieter, the greater the red value.
+ * @param {number} [conf.lowerVal=0] The lower boundary of possible values for the color component (0 to upperVal inclusive).
+ * @param {number} [conf.upperVal=0] The upper boundary of possible values for the color component (0 to 360 if conf.color is "h", 1 if conf.color is "s" or "l", and 255 if conf.color is "a").
+ * @returns {{lower: number, upper: number, listener: VisUpdateRouter~visualizerRangedUpdateListener}} The ranged listener that was added.
+ */
+export function backgroundColorHsla({ element, select, lowerBin, visUpdateRouter, interpolator, upperBin = undefined, reversed = false, lowerVal = 0, upperVal = undefined }) {
+    const rgbaStr = "hsla";
+    select = rgbaStr.indexOf(select);
+    if (select < 0) throw new Error("Invalid color parameter provided.");
+
+    const getter = () => {
+        if (!element.style.backgroundColor) element.style.backgroundColor = "hsl(0, 50%, 50%, 255)";
+        return parseColorToHsla(element.style.backgroundColor)[select];
+    };
+    const setter = (value) => {
+        const changed = parseColorToHsla(element.style.backgroundColor);
+        changed[select] = value;
+        if (element.style.backgroundColor.startsWith("hsl")) {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = hslaToCssHsla(changed);
+        } else if (element.style.backgroundColor.startsWith("rgb")) {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToCssRgba(hslaToRgba(changed));
+        } else if (element.style.backgroundColor.startsWith("#")) {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToHexRgba(hslaToRgba(changed));
+        } else {
+            element.style.backgroundColor = rgbaToHexRgba(hslaToRgba(changed)); // If we don't recognize the currently used color function, then just use hex.
+        }
+    };
+    let upperBound = 360;
+    if (select === "s" || select === "l") {
+        upperBound = 1;
+    } else if (select === "a") {
+        upperBound = 255;
+    }
+    upperVal = Math.min(Math.max(0, upperVal), upperBound);
+    lowerVal = Math.min(Math.max(0, lowerVal), upperVal);
+    const conf = {
+        minVal: lowerVal,
+        maxVal: upperVal,
+        lowerBin: lowerBin,
+        upperBin: upperBin,
+        getter: getter,
+        setter: setter,
+        interpolator: interpolator,
+        visUpdateRouter: visUpdateRouter,
+        reversed: reversed
+    };
+    return numerical(conf);
+}
+
 /**
  * Maps a color component of the text color to a certain range of frequency bins.
  * 
  * @param {object} conf The configuration of the mapping.
  * @param {HTMLElement} conf.element The element whose text's red value should be mapped.
- * @param {number} conf.color Where r for red, g, for green, b for blue, and a for alpha.
+ * @param {string} conf.color Where r for red, g, for green, b for blue, and a for alpha.
  * @param {number} conf.lowerBin The lower bound of the bins to be mapped.
  * @param {VisUpdateRouter} conf.visUpdateRouter The visualizer update manager associated with the audio playback you would like the mapping with.
  * @param {Function} conf.interpolator The interpolation function to use.
@@ -70,12 +137,20 @@ export function fontColorRgba({ element, color, lowerBin, visUpdateRouter, inter
     if (color < 0) throw new Error("Invalid color parameter provided.");
     const getter = () => {
         if (!element.style.color) element.style.color = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 255)";
-        return parseColor(element.style.color)[color];
+        return parseColorToRgba(element.style.color)[color];
     };
     const setter = (value) => {
-        const changed = parseColor(element.style.color);
+        const changed = parseColorToRgba(element.style.color);
         changed[color] = value;
-        element.style.color = rgbaToHexRgba(changed);
+        if (element.style.color.startsWith("rgb")) {
+            element.style.color = rgbaToCssRgba(changed);
+        } else if (element.style.color.startsWith("hsl")) {
+            element.style.color = hslaToCssHsla(rgbaToHsla(changed));
+        } else if (element.style.color.startsWith("#")) {
+            element.style.color = rgbaToHexRgba(changed);
+        } else {
+            element.style.color = rgbaToHexRgba(changed);
+        }
     };
     upperVal = Math.min(Math.max(0, upperVal), 255);
     lowerVal = Math.min(Math.max(0, lowerVal), upperVal);
diff --git a/src/support/colors.js b/src/support/colors.js
index 20a8381..0bd528a 100644
--- a/src/support/colors.js
+++ b/src/support/colors.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function rgbHexToRgba(hex) {
  */
 export function cssRgbaToRgba(rgba) {
     rgba = rgba.replaceAll(" ", "");
-    const cssRgbaRegex = /rgba\((\d+),(\d+),(\d+),(\d+)\)/;
+    const cssRgbaRegex = /rgba\((\d+)[, ] ?(\d+)[, ] ?(\d+)[, ] ?(\d+)\)/;
     try {
         const matches = rgba.match(cssRgbaRegex);
         return [parseInt(matches[1]), parseInt(matches[2]), parseInt(matches[3]), parseInt(matches[4])];
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ export function cssRgbaToRgba(rgba) {
  * @returns {number[]} the rgba components.
  */
 export function cssRgbToRgba(rgb) {
-    rgb = rgb.replaceAll(" ", "");
-    const cssRgbRegex = /rgb\((\d+),(\d+),(\d+)\)/;
+    const cssRgbRegex = /rgb\((\d+)[, ] ?(\d+)[, ] ?(\d+)\)/;
     try {
         const matches = rgb.match(cssRgbRegex);
         return [parseInt(matches[1]), parseInt(matches[2]), parseInt(matches[3]), 255];
@@ -84,14 +83,14 @@ export function rgbaToHexRgba(rgba) {
 
 
 /**
- * Converts a css rgb, rgba, hex, or rgba hex to a rgba array.
+ * Converts a css rgb, rgba, hex, hsl(a), or rgba hex to a rgba array.
  * 
  * For hex, we assume there is no alpha channel unless the hex value is not minimized.
  * 
  * @param {string} color The string that contains the color information.
  * @returns {number[]} an array that contains the r, g, b and a components.
  */
-export function parseColor(color) {
+export function parseColorToRgba(color) {
     if (color.startsWith("rgba(")) {
         return cssRgbaToRgba(color);
     } else if (color.startsWith("rgb(")) {
@@ -102,6 +101,124 @@ export function parseColor(color) {
         } else {
             return rgbHexToRgba(color);
         }
+    } else if (color.startsWith("hsl(")) {
+        return hslaToRgba(cssHslaToHsla(color));
     }
     throw new Error("Could not parse to an rgba value.");
 }
+
+/**
+ * Converts a css rgb, rgba, hex, hsl(a), or rgba hex to an hsla array.
+ * 
+ * @param {string} color The string that contains the color information.
+ * @returns {number[]} An array that contains the h, s, l and alpha channel components.
+ */
+export function parseColorToHsla(color) {
+    if (color.startsWith("rgba(")) {
+        return rgbaToHsla(cssRgbaToRgba(color));
+    } else if (color.startsWith("rgb(")) {
+        return rgbaToHsla(cssRgbToRgba(color));
+    } else if (color.startsWith("#")) {
+        if (color.length === 9) {
+            return rgbaToHsla(rgbaHexToRgba(color));
+        } else {
+            return rgbaToHsla(rgbHexToRgba(color));
+        }
+    } else if (color.startsWith("hsl(")) {
+        return cssHslaToHsla(color);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a given rgb value to hsla. Alpha value is simply passed through.
+ * 
+ * @param {number[]} rgba An array that contains numbers representing the r, g, b, and a values respectively.
+ * @returns {number[]} An array that contains the h, s, l, and a values.
+ */
+export function rgbaToHsla(rgba) { // Used GeeksForGeeks implementation
+    let r = rgba[0] / 255;
+    let g = rgba[1] / 255;
+    let b = rgba[2] / 255;
+
+    const cmax = Math.max(r, g, b);
+    const cmin = Math.min(r, g, b);
+    const delta = cmax - cmin;
+
+    let h = 0;
+    if (delta === 0) {
+        h = 0;
+    } else if (cmax === r) {
+        h = 60 * (((g - b) / delta) % 6);
+    } else if (cmax === g) {
+        h = 60 * (2 + (b - r) / delta);
+    } else if (cmax === b) {
+        h = 60 * (4 + (r - g) / delta);
+    }
+
+    let l = (cmax + cmin) / 2;
+
+    let s = 0;
+    if (delta === 0) {
+        s = 0;
+    } else {
+        s = delta / (1 - Math.abs(2 * l - 1));
+    }
+
+    return [h, s, l, rgba[3]];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a given hsv value to rgb. The alpha channel value is just passed through.
+ * 
+ * @param {number[]} hsla The HSL and alpha component array.
+ * @returns {number[]} An array comprised of r, g, b and a values converted from the given HSL.
+ */
+export function hslaToRgba(hsla) {
+    const h = hsla[0];
+    const s = hsla[1];
+    const l = hsla[2];
+
+    const fn = (n) => {
+        const k = ((n + (h / 30)) % 12);
+        const a = s * Math.min(l, 1 - l);
+        return l - a * Math.max(-1, Math.min(k - 3, 9 - k, 1));
+    };
+
+    return [Math.round(fn(0) * 255), Math.round(fn(8) * 255), Math.round(fn(4) * 255), hsla[3]];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a CSS color property coded in hsl.
+ * 
+ * @param {string} cssHsla The style property value in HSL(A).
+ * @returns {number[]} An array that contains the parsed H, S, L and alpha channel.
+ */
+export function cssHslaToHsla(cssHsla) {
+    const cssHslaRegex = /hsl\((\d+)[, ] ?(\d+)%[, ] ?(\d+)% ?[, /]? ?(\d+)?\)/;
+    try {
+        const matches = cssHsla.match(cssHslaRegex);
+        return [parseInt(matches[1]), parseInt(matches[2]) / 100, parseInt(matches[3]) / 100, isNaN(matches[4]) ? 255 : parseInt(matches[4])];
+    } catch (error) {
+        throw new Error("Could not parse the given HSL(a) value: " + error.message);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an array containing the H, S, L and alpha values to a css hsl function call.
+ * 
+ * @param {number[]} hsla An array containing the H, S, L and alpha channel values.
+ * @returns {string} The css hsl function call.
+ */
+export function hslaToCssHsla(hsla) {
+    return "hsl(" + hsla[0] + ", " + (hsla[1] * 100) + "%, " + (hsla[2] * 100) + "%, " + hsla[3];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an array containing the R, G, B and alpha values to a css rgba function call.
+ * 
+ * @param {number[]} rgba An array whose elements are the rgba components to encode into a css rgba function call.
+ * @returns {string} The css rgba function call.
+ */
+export function rgbaToCssRgba(rgba) {
+    return "rgba(" + Math.round(rgba[0]) + ", " + Math.round(rgba[1]) + ", " + Math.round(rgba[2]) + ", " + Math.round(rgba[3]) + ")";
+}
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diff --git a/tests/testColors.js b/tests/testColors.js
index 0e8289d..107856a 100644
--- a/tests/testColors.js
+++ b/tests/testColors.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-undef */
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import { describe } from "mocha";
-import { cssRgbaToRgba, cssRgbToRgba, rgbaHexToRgba, parseColor, rgbaToHexRgba, rgbHexToRgba } from "../src/support/colors.js";
+import { cssRgbaToRgba, cssRgbToRgba, rgbaHexToRgba, parseColorToRgba, rgbaToHexRgba, rgbHexToRgba, rgbaToHsla, hslaToRgba, cssHslaToHsla, hslaToCssHsla } from "../src/support/colors.js";
 
 describe("Color utilities", function () {
     describe("the hex to rgba conversion function", function () {
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ describe("Color utilities", function () {
             const rgba = cssRgbToRgba("rgb(1,1,1)");
             expect(rgba).to.have.ordered.members([1, 1, 1, 255]);
         });
+
+        it("returns 1, 1 and 1 for r, g and b given \"rgb(1, 1, 1)\" (contains spaces)", function () {
+            const rgba = cssRgbToRgba("rgb(1, 1, 1)");
+            expect(rgba).to.have.ordered.members([1, 1, 1, 255]);
+        });
     });
 
     describe("The function to convert r, g, b, and a represented as an array to hexadecimals", function () {
@@ -106,22 +111,72 @@ describe("Color utilities", function () {
 
     describe("The function that automatically converts a string containing an rgb(a) value to an rgba array.", function () {
         it("returns 1, 1, 1 and 1 for r, g, b and a given \"rgba(1,1,1,1)\"", function () {
-            const rgba = parseColor("rgba(1,1,1,1)");
+            const rgba = parseColorToRgba("rgba(1,1,1,1)");
             expect(rgba).to.have.ordered.members([1, 1, 1, 1]);
         });
         it("returns 0, 1, 0 and 1 for r, g, b and a given \"#00010001\"", function () {
-            const rgb = parseColor("#00010001");
+            const rgb = parseColorToRgba("#00010001");
             expect(rgb).to.have.ordered.members([0, 1, 0, 1]);
         });
         it("returns 1, 0, 1 and 255 for r, g, b and a given \"#10001\"", function () {
-            const rgb = parseColor("#10001");
+            const rgb = parseColorToRgba("#10001");
             expect(rgb).to.have.ordered.members([1, 0, 1, 255]);
         });
         it("returns 1, 1, 1 and 255 for r, g, b and a given \"rgb(1,1,1)\"", function () {
-            const rgba = parseColor("rgb(1,1,1)");
+            const rgba = parseColorToRgba("rgb(1,1,1)");
             expect(rgba).to.have.ordered.members([1, 1, 1, 255]);
         });
+        it("returns 1, 1, 1 and 1 for r, g, b and a given \"rgba(1, 1, 1, 1)\" (contains spaces)", function () {
+            const rgba = parseColorToRgba("rgba(1, 1, 1, 1)");
+            expect(rgba).to.have.ordered.members([1, 1, 1, 1]);
+        });
     });
 
+    describe("The function that converts a rgba array to hsl and a values.", function () {
+        it("returns (approx.) 193, 100% and 50% for H, S, and V components given [0, 200, 255, 255]", function () {
+            const [h, s, v, a] = rgbaToHsla([0, 200, 255, 255]);
+            expect(h).to.be.closeTo(193, 0.1);
+            expect(s).to.equal(1);
+            expect(v).to.equal(0.5);
+            expect(a).to.equal(255);
+        });
+        it("returns (approx.) 120, 100% and 70% for H, S, and V components given [102, 255, 102, 255]", function () {
+            const [h, s, v, a] = rgbaToHsla([102, 255, 102, 255]);
+            expect(h).to.be.closeTo(120, 0.1);
+            expect(s).to.be.closeTo(1, 0.0001);
+            expect(v).to.equal(0.7);
+            expect(a).to.equal(255);
+        });
+    });
 
+    describe("The function that converts a hsva array to rgba values.", function () {
+        it("Returns (approx.) 0, 200, 255 and 255 for r, g, b and a given 193, 100%, 50% and 255.", function () {
+            const [r, g, b, a] = hslaToRgba([193, 1, 0.5, 255]);
+            expect(r).to.be.closeTo(0, 1);
+            expect(g).to.be.closeTo(200, 1);
+            expect(b).to.be.closeTo(255, 1);
+            expect(a).to.equal(255);
+        });
+        it("Returns 61, 71, 77 and 255 for r, g, b and a given 200, 20%, 30% and 255.", function () {
+            const [r, g, b, a] = hslaToRgba([203, 0.116, 0.271, 255]);
+            expect(r).to.be.closeTo(61, 0.2);
+            expect(g).to.be.closeTo(71, 0.2);
+            expect(b).to.be.closeTo(77, 0.2);
+            expect(a).to.equal(255);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe("The function that converts an css hsl function call to an array containing the individual h, s, l and a components.", function () {
+        it("Returns [1, 0.01, 0.01, 1] given \"hsl(1, 1%, 1%, 1)\"", function () {
+            const hsla = cssHslaToHsla("hsl(1, 1%, 1%, 1)");
+            expect(hsla).to.have.ordered.members([1, 0.01, 0.01, 1]);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe("The function that converts an array representing hsla values to a css hsl function call.", function () {
+        it("Returns \"hsl(1, 1%, 1%, 1)\" given [1, 0.01, 0.01, 1].", function () {
+            const cssHsla = hslaToCssHsla([1, 0.01, 0.01, 1]);
+            expect(cssHsla).to.equal("hsl(1, 1%, 1%, 1");
+        });
+    });
 });
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