diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightConfig.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightConfig.java
index 0b653beedc..04c4b71975 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightConfig.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightConfig.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ package net.runelite.client.plugins.mousehighlight;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigGroup;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigItem;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
+
 @ConfigGroup(
 	keyName = "mousehighlight",
 	name = "Mouse Highlighting",
@@ -43,4 +45,14 @@ public interface MouseHighlightConfig
 	{
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	@ConfigItem(
+		keyName = "border",
+		name = "Border Color",
+		description = "Color of the mouse hover border"
+	)
+	default Color borderColor()
+	{
+		return Color.cyan;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightOverlay.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightOverlay.java
index eff4ee0855..382d3061e4 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightOverlay.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/mousehighlight/MouseHighlightOverlay.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.FontMetrics;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import net.runelite.api.Client;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ class MouseHighlightOverlay extends Overlay
 {
 	// Grabs the colour and name from a target string
 	// <col=ffffff>Player1
-	private final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^<col=([^>]+)>([^<]*)");
+	private final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<col=([^>]+)>([^<]*)");
 	private final MouseHighlightConfig config;
 
 	MouseHighlightOverlay(MouseHighlight plugin)
@@ -91,14 +93,21 @@ class MouseHighlightOverlay extends Overlay
 		}
 
 		Matcher m = p.matcher(target);
-		if (!m.find())
+
+		List<String> parts = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<String> colours = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		while (m.find())
+		{
+			colours.add(m.group(1));
+			parts.add(m.group(2));
+		}
+
+		if (parts.isEmpty())
 		{
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		String colour = m.group(1);
-		String matchedTarget = m.group(2);
-
 		// Remove colour text from option
 		option = option.replaceAll("<col=([^>]+)>", "");
 
@@ -109,7 +118,11 @@ class MouseHighlightOverlay extends Overlay
 		FontMetrics fm = graphics.getFontMetrics();
 		// Gets the widths of the various strings we will be displaying
 		int option_width = fm.stringWidth(option + " ");
-		int total_width = option_width + fm.stringWidth(matchedTarget);
+		int total_width = option_width;
+		for (String part : parts)
+		{
+			total_width += fm.stringWidth(part);
+		}
 		int height = fm.getHeight();
 
 		x -= total_width + 6; // Draw to the left of the mouse
@@ -132,7 +145,7 @@ class MouseHighlightOverlay extends Overlay
 		graphics.fillRect(x, y - (height / 2), total_width + 6, height);
 
 		// Draws the outline of the rect
-		graphics.setColor(Color.cyan);
+		graphics.setColor(config.borderColor());
 		graphics.drawRect(x, y - (height / 2), total_width + 6, height);
 		x += 3;
 		y += 5;
@@ -140,25 +153,20 @@ class MouseHighlightOverlay extends Overlay
 		graphics.setColor(Color.white);
 		// Draws the option (Use, Walk here, Wield)
 		graphics.drawString(option + " ", x, y);
-		// Sets the string colour to the colour the game uses.
-		graphics.setColor(hex2rgb(colour));
-		// Draws the target (Player, item)
-		graphics.drawString(matchedTarget, x + option_width, y);
+		// Write text
+		int parts_width = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < parts.size(); i++)
+		{
+			// Sets the string colour to the colour the game uses.
+			graphics.setColor(Color.decode(colours.get(i)));
+			// Draws the target (Player, item)
+			graphics.drawString(parts.get(i), x + option_width + parts_width, y);
+
+			parts_width += fm.stringWidth(parts.get(i));
+		}
+
+		graphics.setColor(Color.white);
 
 		return null;
 	}
-
-	private static Color hex2rgb(String col)
-	{
-		if (col.length() < 6)
-		{
-			return new Color(0, 255, 255);
-		}
-
-		return new Color(
-			Integer.valueOf(col.substring(0, 2), 16),
-			Integer.valueOf(col.substring(2, 4), 16),
-			Integer.valueOf(col.substring(4, 6), 16)
-		);
-	}
 }