diff --git a/packages/react-base16-styling/package.json b/packages/react-base16-styling/package.json
index 9426dc13..a988d027 100644
--- a/packages/react-base16-styling/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-base16-styling/package.json
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/base16": "^1.0.2",
+    "@types/color-string": "^1.5.0",
     "@types/lodash.curry": "^4.1.6",
-    "@types/lodash.flow": "^3.5.6",
     "base16": "^1.0.0",
+    "color-string": "^1.5.3",
     "csstype": "^3.0.2",
-    "lodash.curry": "^4.1.1",
-    "lodash.flow": "^3.5.0",
-    "pure-color": "^1.3.0"
+    "lodash.curry": "^4.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.10.5",
diff --git a/packages/react-base16-styling/src/colorConverters.ts b/packages/react-base16-styling/src/colorConverters.ts
index 340591f2..4251b7e1 100644
--- a/packages/react-base16-styling/src/colorConverters.ts
+++ b/packages/react-base16-styling/src/colorConverters.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-type Color = [number, number, number];
+export type Color = [number, number, number];
 
 export function yuv2rgb(yuv: Color): Color {
   const y = yuv[0],
diff --git a/packages/react-base16-styling/src/index.ts b/packages/react-base16-styling/src/index.ts
index 708ac783..7e42d094 100644
--- a/packages/react-base16-styling/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-base16-styling/src/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import curry from 'lodash.curry';
 import * as base16 from 'base16';
 import { Base16Theme } from 'base16';
-import rgb2hex from 'pure-color/convert/rgb2hex';
-import parse from 'pure-color/parse';
-import flow from 'lodash.flow';
-import { yuv2rgb, rgb2yuv } from './colorConverters';
+import { get, to } from 'color-string';
+import { Color, yuv2rgb, rgb2yuv } from './colorConverters';
 
 const DEFAULT_BASE16 = base16.default;
 
@@ -12,15 +10,16 @@ const BASE16_KEYS = Object.keys(DEFAULT_BASE16);
 
 // we need a correcting factor, so that a dark, but not black background color
 // converts to bright enough inversed color
-const flip = (x) => (x < 0.25 ? 1 : x < 0.5 ? 0.9 - x : 1.1 - x);
+const flip = (x: number) => (x < 0.25 ? 1 : x < 0.5 ? 0.9 - x : 1.1 - x);
 
-const invertColor = flow(
-  parse,
-  rgb2yuv,
-  ([y, u, v]) => [flip(y), u, v],
-  yuv2rgb,
-  rgb2hex
-);
+const invertColor = (colorString: string) => {
+  const color = get.rgb(colorString);
+  if (!color) throw new Error(`Unable to parse color: ${colorString}`);
+  const [y, u, v] = rgb2yuv([color[0], color[1], color[2]]);
+  const flippedYuv: Color = [flip(y), u, v];
+  const rgb = yuv2rgb(flippedYuv);
+  return to.hex(rgb);
+};
 
 const merger = function merger(styling) {
   return (prevStyling) => ({
diff --git a/packages/react-base16-styling/src/types.ts b/packages/react-base16-styling/src/types.ts
index 20cfc650..89ebca97 100644
--- a/packages/react-base16-styling/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-base16-styling/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 import { Base16Theme } from 'base16';
+import * as CSS from 'csstype';
+
+export type StylingValue = string | CSS.Properties |
+
+export interface StylingConfig {
+  extend?: string | Base16Theme;
+  [name: string]: StylingValue;
+}
 
 export type Theme = string | Base16Theme | StylingConfig;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7ae66013..01f57304 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3060,6 +3060,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.1.tgz#1c1261bbeaa10a8055bbc5d8ab84b7b2afc846a0"
   integrity sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ==
 
+"@types/color-string@^1.5.0":
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/color-string/-/color-string-1.5.0.tgz#0a9f3ee6bc9bd4f89693fc3f2bc30d47ad68afc3"
+  integrity sha512-17/8LWbkfvoKgfnnBvKbUnPTzPtzBlSELf5FPvVt9dRTQW88igOYZZ78us9dmbY1301VtTBEnuPTKspvmtGDxA==
+
 "@types/eslint-visitor-keys@^1.0.0":
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-1.0.0.tgz#1ee30d79544ca84d68d4b3cdb0af4f205663dd2d"
@@ -3137,13 +3142,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/lodash" "*"
 
-"@types/lodash.flow@^3.5.6":
-  version "3.5.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash.flow/-/lodash.flow-3.5.6.tgz#ecbdae376e610313ac6361430f2f59a8dc9a813f"
-  integrity sha512-mpSgC8s1alwO8I5223G//0vSt1BTR395TdxbkprAUgedRaW71Ew9ajSIjk9hsSpWxGki6ExPDnI3zKeJjyeHwQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/lodash" "*"
-
 "@types/lodash@*":
   version "4.14.159"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.159.tgz#61089719dc6fdd9c5cb46efc827f2571d1517065"
@@ -5456,7 +5454,7 @@ color-name@^1.0.0, color-name@~1.1.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.4.tgz#c2a09a87acbde69543de6f63fa3995c826c536a2"
   integrity sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA==
 
-color-string@^1.5.2:
+color-string@^1.5.2, color-string@^1.5.3:
   version "1.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-string/-/color-string-1.5.3.tgz#c9bbc5f01b58b5492f3d6857459cb6590ce204cc"
   integrity sha512-dC2C5qeWoYkxki5UAXapdjqO672AM4vZuPGRQfO8b5HKuKGBbKWpITyDYN7TOFKvRW7kOgAn3746clDBMDJyQw==
@@ -10724,11 +10722,6 @@ lodash.flattendeep@^4.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.flattendeep/-/lodash.flattendeep-4.4.0.tgz#fb030917f86a3134e5bc9bec0d69e0013ddfedb2"
   integrity sha1-+wMJF/hqMTTlvJvsDWngAT3f7bI=
 
-lodash.flow@^3.5.0:
-  version "3.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.flow/-/lodash.flow-3.5.0.tgz#87bf40292b8cf83e4e8ce1a3ae4209e20071675a"
-  integrity sha1-h79AKSuM+D5OjOGjrkIJ4gBxZ1o=
-
 lodash.get@^4.4.2:
   version "4.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz#2d177f652fa31e939b4438d5341499dfa3825e99"
@@ -13052,11 +13045,6 @@ punycode@^2.1.0, punycode@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/punycode/-/punycode-2.1.1.tgz#b58b010ac40c22c5657616c8d2c2c02c7bf479ec"
   integrity sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A==
 
-pure-color@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pure-color/-/pure-color-1.3.0.tgz#1fe064fb0ac851f0de61320a8bf796836422f33e"
-  integrity sha1-H+Bk+wrIUfDeYTIKi/eWg2Qi8z4=
-
 q@^1.1.2, q@^1.5.1:
   version "1.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/q/-/q-1.5.1.tgz#7e32f75b41381291d04611f1bf14109ac00651d7"