diff --git a/examples/basic.ts b/examples/basic.ts
index 846558f..8a1219d 100644
--- a/examples/basic.ts
+++ b/examples/basic.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createCanvas } from "../mod.ts";
 const canvas = createCanvas(200, 200);
 const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
 
-ctx.fillStyle = "red";
+ctx.fillStyle = "hsl(0, 100%, 50%)";
 ctx.fillRect(10, 10, 200 - 20, 200 - 20);
 
 await Deno.writeFile("image.png", canvas.toBuffer());
diff --git a/src/color_util.ts b/src/color_util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5a8f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/color_util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+function cap(num: number, min: number, max: number) {
+  return num < min ? min : num > max ? max : num;
+}
+
+function hueToRgb(p: number, q: number, t: number) {
+  if (t < 0) t += 1;
+  if (t > 1) t -= 1;
+  if (t < 1 / 6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
+  if (t < 1 / 2) return q;
+  if (t < 2 / 3) return p + (q - p) * (2 / 3 - t) * 6;
+  return p;
+}
+
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/9493060/12101923
+export function hslToRgb(h: number, s: number, l: number) {
+  // Convert to 0-1 range
+  h = cap(h, 0, 360) / 360;
+  s = cap(s, 0, 100) / 100;
+  l = cap(l, 0, 100) / 100;
+
+  let r, g, b;
+
+  if (s == 0) {
+    r = g = b = l;
+  } else {
+    const q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
+    const p = 2 * l - q;
+    r = hueToRgb(p, q, h + 1 / 3);
+    g = hueToRgb(p, q, h);
+    b = hueToRgb(p, q, h - 1 / 3);
+  }
+
+  return [Math.round(r * 255), Math.round(g * 255), Math.round(b * 255)];
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.js b/src/lib.js
index 529dc8f..d47f2e4 100644
--- a/src/lib.js
+++ b/src/lib.js
@@ -1,9 +1,42 @@
 import { decodeBase64, encodeBase64 } from "./base64.ts";
 import { WASM_BASE64 } from "./wasm.js";
+import { hslToRgb } from "./color_util.ts";
 
 let document = { getElementById: () => undefined };
 let wasmBuff = decodeBase64(WASM_BASE64);
 
+function maybeHSL(k) {
+  if (typeof k === "string") {
+    const match = k.match(/^hsla?\((\d+), *(\d+)%, *(\d+)%(, *([\d\.]+))?\)$/);
+
+    if (match !== null) {
+      const h = Number(match[1]);
+      const s = Number(match[2]);
+      const l = Number(match[3]);
+      const a = k.startsWith("hsla") && match[5] ? Number(match[5]) : undefined;
+
+      k = "rgb";
+      if (a !== undefined) {
+        k += "a";
+      }
+      k += "(";
+
+      const [r, g, b] = hslToRgb(h, s, l);
+      k += r + ", ";
+      k += g + ", ";
+      k += b;
+
+      if (a !== undefined) {
+        k += ", " + a;
+      }
+
+      k += ")";
+    }
+  }
+
+  return k;
+}
+
 export var CanvasKitInit = (function () {
   var _scriptDir = typeof document !== "undefined" && document.currentScript
     ? document.currentScript.src
@@ -2218,6 +2251,7 @@ export var CanvasKitInit = (function () {
                 return f(this.fe) ? e(this.fe) : this.fe;
               },
               set: function (k) {
+                k = maybeHSL(k);
                 "string" === typeof k ? this.fe = h(k) : k.xe && (this.fe = k);
               },
             });
@@ -2515,7 +2549,7 @@ export var CanvasKitInit = (function () {
                 return e(this.Ne);
               },
               set: function (k) {
-                this.Ne = h(k);
+                this.Ne = h(maybeHSL(k));
               },
             });
             Object.defineProperty(this, "shadowOffsetX", {
@@ -2542,7 +2576,7 @@ export var CanvasKitInit = (function () {
                 return e(this.le);
               },
               set: function (k) {
-                "string" === typeof k ? this.le = h(k) : k.xe && (this.le = k);
+                "string" === typeof k ? this.le = h(maybeHSL(k)) : k.xe && (this.le = k);
               },
             });
             this.arc = function (k, n, y, B, C, E) {