diff --git a/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs b/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs
index c281818c0f0bad1107d49a8b1895762c910e8af7..7f6af4fd21002a56d9daf5e8cfa821e1a18f71d7 100644
--- a/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui2/src/style.rs
@@ -386,12 +386,14 @@ impl Style {
         let background_color = self.background.as_ref().and_then(Fill::color);
         if background_color.map_or(false, |color| !color.is_transparent()) {
             cx.with_z_index(1, |cx| {
+                let mut border_color = background_color.unwrap_or_default();
+                border_color.a = 0.;
                 cx.paint_quad(quad(
                     bounds,
                     self.corner_radii.to_pixels(bounds.size, rem_size),
                     background_color.unwrap_or_default(),
                     Edges::default(),
-                    Hsla::transparent_black(),
+                    border_color,
                 ));
             });
         }
@@ -426,10 +428,12 @@ impl Style {
                     bottom_bounds.upper_right(),
                 );
 
+                let mut background = self.border_color.unwrap_or_default();
+                background.a = 0.;
                 let quad = quad(
                     bounds,
                     corner_radii,
-                    Hsla::transparent_black(),
+                    background,
                     border_widths,
                     self.border_color.unwrap_or_default(),
                 );