diff --git a/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs b/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs
index de54da79b3d0eb1e7489962143dbbc7d0dc0809f..c281818c0f0bad1107d49a8b1895762c910e8af7 100644
--- a/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ impl Style {
         });
 
         let background_color = self.background.as_ref().and_then(Fill::color);
-        if background_color.is_some() {
+        if background_color.map_or(false, |color| !color.is_transparent()) {
             cx.with_z_index(1, |cx| {
                 cx.paint_quad(quad(
                     bounds,