diff --git a/src/proxy-animation.js b/src/proxy-animation.js
index 79b7c95..72fb8eb 100644
--- a/src/proxy-animation.js
+++ b/src/proxy-animation.js
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import {
   removeAnimation,
   fractionalOffset,
 } from "./scroll-timeline-base";
+import {splitIntoComponentValues} from './utils';
 
 const nativeDocumentGetAnimations = document.getAnimations;
 const nativeElementGetAnimations = window.Element.prototype.getAnimations;
 const nativeElementAnimate = window.Element.prototype.animate;
 const nativeAnimation = window.Animation;
 
-const rangeNameRegExp = new RegExp(`(${ANIMATION_RANGE_NAMES.join('|')})(?!-)`);
-
 class PromiseWrapper {
   constructor() {
     this.state = 'pending';
@@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ function getNormalEndRange(timeline) {
   if (timeline instanceof ViewTimeline) {
     return { rangeName: 'cover', offset: CSS.percent(100) };
   }
-  
+
   if (timeline instanceof ScrollTimeline) {
     return CSS.percent(100);
   }
@@ -951,32 +950,36 @@ function parseAnimationRange(timeline, value) {
     //                                        <name> <end-offset>
     // <start-offset> <end-offset> --> cover <start-offset> cover <end-offset>
     // TODO: Support all formatting options once ratified in the spec.
-    const parts = value.split(/\s+/);
+    const parts = splitIntoComponentValues(value);
     const rangeNames = [];
     const offsets = [];
-  
+
     parts.forEach(part => {
-      if (part.endsWith('%'))
-        offsets.push(parseFloat(part));
-      else
+      if (ANIMATION_RANGE_NAMES.includes(part)) {
         rangeNames.push(part);
+      } else {
+        try {
+          offsets.push(CSSNumericValue.parse(part));
+        } catch (e) {
+          throw TypeError(`Could not parse range "${value}"`);
+        }
+      }
     });
-  
+
     if (rangeNames.length > 2 || offsets.length > 2 || offsets.length == 1) {
       throw TypeError("Invalid time range or unsupported time range format.");
     }
-  
+
     if (rangeNames.length) {
       animationRange.start.rangeName = rangeNames[0];
       animationRange.end.rangeName = rangeNames.length > 1 ? rangeNames[1] : rangeNames[0];
     }
-  
-    // TODO: allow calc() in the offsets
+
     if (offsets.length > 1) {
-      animationRange.start.offset = CSS.percent(offsets[0]);
-      animationRange.end.offset = CSS.percent(offsets[1]);
+      animationRange.start.offset = offsets[0];
+      animationRange.end.offset = offsets[1];
     }
-  
+
     return animationRange;
   }
 
@@ -1017,7 +1020,7 @@ function parseTimelineRangePart(timeline, value, position) {
     }
     // Author passed in something like `"cover 100%"`
     else {
-      const parts = value.split(rangeNameRegExp).map(part => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+      const parts = splitIntoComponentValues(value);
 
       if (parts.length === 1) {
         if (ANIMATION_RANGE_NAMES.includes(parts[0])) {
diff --git a/src/scroll-timeline-base.js b/src/scroll-timeline-base.js
index ce71cc4..195d1b8 100644
--- a/src/scroll-timeline-base.js
+++ b/src/scroll-timeline-base.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import {installCSSOM} from "./proxy-cssom.js";
 import {simplifyCalculation} from "./simplify-calculation";
-import {normalizeAxis} from './utils.js';
+import {normalizeAxis, splitIntoComponentValues} from './utils.js';
 
 installCSSOM();
 
@@ -721,17 +721,14 @@ function parseInset(value) {
   let parts = value;
   // Parse string parts to
   if (typeof value === 'string') {
-    // Split value into separate parts
-    const stringParts = value.split(/(?<!\([^\)]*)\s(?![^\(]*\))/);
-    parts = stringParts.map(str => {
-      if (str.trim() === 'auto') {
+    parts = splitIntoComponentValues(value).map(str => {
+      if (str === 'auto') {
         return 'auto';
-      } else {
-        try {
-          return CSSNumericValue.parse(str);
-        } catch (e) {
-          throw TypeError('Invalid inset');
-        }
+      }
+      try {
+        return CSSNumericValue.parse(str);
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw TypeError(`Could not parse inset "${value}"`);
       }
     });
   }
@@ -784,7 +781,7 @@ function calculateInset(value, sizes) {
 export function fractionalOffset(timeline, value) {
   if (timeline instanceof ViewTimeline) {
     const { rangeName, offset } = value;
-  
+
     const phaseRange = range(timeline, rangeName);
     const coverRange = range(timeline, 'cover');
 
@@ -794,17 +791,17 @@ export function fractionalOffset(timeline, value) {
   if (timeline instanceof ScrollTimeline) {
     const { axis, source } = timeline;
     const { sourceMeasurements } = sourceDetails.get(source);
-  
+
     let sourceScrollDistance = undefined;
     if (normalizeAxis(axis, sourceMeasurements) === 'x') {
       sourceScrollDistance = source.scrollWidth;
     } else {
       sourceScrollDistance = source.scrollHeight;
     }
-  
+
     const position = resolvePx(value, sourceScrollDistance);
     const fractionalOffset = position / sourceScrollDistance;
-  
+
     return fractionalOffset;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 73a6538..133a922 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -21,4 +21,60 @@ export function normalizeAxis(axis, computedStyle) {
   }
 
   return axis;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Split an input string into a list of individual component value strings,
+ * so that each can be handled as a keyword or parsed with `CSSNumericValue.parse()`;
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ * splitIntoComponentValues('cover'); // ['cover']
+ * splitIntoComponentValues('auto 0%'); // ['auto', '100%']
+ * splitIntoComponentValues('calc(0% + 50px) calc(100% - 50px)'); // ['calc(0% + 50px)', 'calc(100% - 50px)']
+ * splitIntoComponentValues('1px 2px').map(val => CSSNumericValue.parse(val)) // [new CSSUnitValue(1, 'px'), new CSSUnitValue(2, 'px')]
+ *
+ * @param {string} input
+ * @return {string[]}
+ */
+export function splitIntoComponentValues(input) {
+  const res = [];
+  let i = 0;
+
+  function consumeComponentValue() {
+    let level = 0;
+    const startIndex = i;
+    while (i < input.length) {
+      const nextChar = input.slice(i, i + 1);
+      if (/\s/.test(nextChar) && level === 0) {
+        break;
+      } else if (nextChar === '(') {
+        level += 1;
+      } else if (nextChar === ')') {
+        level -= 1;
+        if (level === 0) {
+          // Consume the next character and break
+          i++;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      i++;
+    }
+    return input.slice(startIndex, i);
+  }
+
+  function consumeWhitespace() {
+    while (/\s/.test(input.slice(i, i + 1))) {
+      i++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  while(i < input.length) {
+    const nextChar = input.slice(i, i + 1);
+    if (/\s/.test(nextChar)) {
+      consumeWhitespace();
+    } else {
+      res.push(consumeComponentValue());
+    }
+  }
+  return res;
 }
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