diff --git a/graphics/composer/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.graphics.composer3/current/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl b/graphics/composer/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.graphics.composer3/current/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl
index 7733deb..8222909 100644
--- a/graphics/composer/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.graphics.composer3/current/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl
+++ b/graphics/composer/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.graphics.composer3/current/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 package android.hardware.graphics.composer3;
 @VintfStability
 parcelable Color {
-  byte r;
-  byte g;
-  byte b;
-  byte a;
+  float r;
+  float g;
+  float b;
+  float a;
 }
diff --git a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl
index 979f677..151a854 100644
--- a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl
+++ b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/Color.aidl
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 
 package android.hardware.graphics.composer3;
 
+/**
+ * Color representation as a floating point number in the range [0.0 - 1.0]
+ */
 @VintfStability
 parcelable Color {
-    byte r;
-    byte g;
-    byte b;
-    byte a;
+    float r;
+    float g;
+    float b;
+    float a;
 }
diff --git a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_ReadbackTest.cpp b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_ReadbackTest.cpp
index 0ece1d5..e519221 100644
--- a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_ReadbackTest.cpp
+++ b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_ReadbackTest.cpp
@@ -922,35 +922,30 @@
 
         auto layer = mLayers[1];
         BlendMode blendMode = layer->getBlendMode();
-        float alpha = mTopLayerColor.a / 255.0f * layer->getAlpha();
+        float alpha = mTopLayerColor.a * layer->getAlpha();
         if (blendMode == BlendMode::NONE) {
             for (auto& expectedColor : expectedColors) {
-                expectedColor.r = mTopLayerColor.r * static_cast<int8_t>(layer->getAlpha());
-                expectedColor.g = mTopLayerColor.g * static_cast<int8_t>(layer->getAlpha());
-                expectedColor.b = mTopLayerColor.b * static_cast<int8_t>(layer->getAlpha());
-                expectedColor.a = static_cast<int8_t>(alpha * 255.0);
+                expectedColor.r = mTopLayerColor.r * layer->getAlpha();
+                expectedColor.g = mTopLayerColor.g * layer->getAlpha();
+                expectedColor.b = mTopLayerColor.b * layer->getAlpha();
+                expectedColor.a = alpha;
             }
         } else if (blendMode == BlendMode::PREMULTIPLIED) {
             for (auto& expectedColor : expectedColors) {
-                expectedColor.r = static_cast<int8_t>(
-                        mTopLayerColor.r * static_cast<int8_t>(layer->getAlpha()) +
-                        mBackgroundColor.r * (1.0 - alpha));
-                expectedColor.g = static_cast<int8_t>(mTopLayerColor.g * layer->getAlpha() +
-                                                      mBackgroundColor.g * (1.0 - alpha));
-                expectedColor.b = static_cast<int8_t>(mTopLayerColor.b * layer->getAlpha() +
-                                                      mBackgroundColor.b * (1.0 - alpha));
-                expectedColor.a = static_cast<int8_t>(alpha + mBackgroundColor.a * (1.0 - alpha));
+                expectedColor.r =
+                        mTopLayerColor.r * layer->getAlpha() + mBackgroundColor.r * (1.0f - alpha);
+                expectedColor.g =
+                        mTopLayerColor.g * layer->getAlpha() + mBackgroundColor.g * (1.0f - alpha);
+                expectedColor.b =
+                        mTopLayerColor.b * layer->getAlpha() + mBackgroundColor.b * (1.0f - alpha);
+                expectedColor.a = alpha + mBackgroundColor.a * (1.0f - alpha);
             }
         } else if (blendMode == BlendMode::COVERAGE) {
             for (auto& expectedColor : expectedColors) {
-                expectedColor.r = static_cast<int8_t>(mTopLayerColor.r * alpha +
-                                                      mBackgroundColor.r * (1.0 - alpha));
-                expectedColor.g = static_cast<int8_t>(mTopLayerColor.g * alpha +
-                                                      mBackgroundColor.g * (1.0 - alpha));
-                expectedColor.b = static_cast<int8_t>(mTopLayerColor.b * alpha +
-                                                      mBackgroundColor.b * (1.0 - alpha));
-                expectedColor.a = static_cast<int8_t>(mTopLayerColor.a * alpha +
-                                                      mBackgroundColor.a * (1.0 - alpha));
+                expectedColor.r = mTopLayerColor.r * alpha + mBackgroundColor.r * (1.0f - alpha);
+                expectedColor.g = mTopLayerColor.g * alpha + mBackgroundColor.g * (1.0f - alpha);
+                expectedColor.b = mTopLayerColor.b * alpha + mBackgroundColor.b * (1.0f - alpha);
+                expectedColor.a = mTopLayerColor.a * alpha + mBackgroundColor.a * (1.0f - alpha);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1083,7 +1078,7 @@
         GraphicsCompositionTest::SetUp();
 
         auto backgroundLayer = std::make_shared<TestColorLayer>(mComposerClient, mPrimaryDisplay);
-        backgroundLayer->setColor({0, 0, 0, 0});
+        backgroundLayer->setColor({0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f});
         backgroundLayer->setDisplayFrame({0, 0, mDisplayWidth, mDisplayHeight});
         backgroundLayer->setZOrder(0);
 
diff --git a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_TargetTest.cpp b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_TargetTest.cpp
index a591aaa..c61693e 100644
--- a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_TargetTest.cpp
+++ b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/VtsHalGraphicsComposer3_TargetTest.cpp
@@ -1720,13 +1720,11 @@
     int64_t layer;
     EXPECT_TRUE(mComposerClient->createLayer(mPrimaryDisplay, kBufferSlotCount, &layer).isOk());
 
-    mWriter.setLayerColor(mPrimaryDisplay, layer,
-                          Color{static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), static_cast<int8_t>(0xff),
-                                static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), static_cast<int8_t>(0xff)});
+    mWriter.setLayerColor(mPrimaryDisplay, layer, Color{1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f});
     execute();
     ASSERT_TRUE(mReader.takeErrors().empty());
 
-    mWriter.setLayerColor(mPrimaryDisplay, layer, Color{0, 0, 0, 0});
+    mWriter.setLayerColor(mPrimaryDisplay, layer, Color{0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f});
     execute();
     ASSERT_TRUE(mReader.takeErrors().empty());
 }
diff --git a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/ReadbackVts.cpp b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/ReadbackVts.cpp
index 5eb912b..deb5ac3 100644
--- a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/ReadbackVts.cpp
+++ b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/ReadbackVts.cpp
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@
 
             int offset = (row * static_cast<int32_t>(stride) + col) * bytesPerPixel;
             uint8_t* pixelColor = (uint8_t*)bufferData + offset;
-            pixelColor[0] = static_cast<uint8_t>(srcColor.r);
-            pixelColor[1] = static_cast<uint8_t>(srcColor.g);
-            pixelColor[2] = static_cast<uint8_t>(srcColor.b);
+            pixelColor[0] = static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * srcColor.r));
+            pixelColor[1] = static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * srcColor.g));
+            pixelColor[2] = static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * srcColor.b));
 
             if (bytesPerPixel == 4) {
-                pixelColor[3] = static_cast<uint8_t>(srcColor.a);
+                pixelColor[3] = static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * srcColor.a));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -184,13 +184,11 @@
             auto pixel = row * static_cast<int32_t>(width) + col;
             int offset = (row * stride + col) * bytesPerPixel;
             uint8_t* pixelColor = (uint8_t*)bufferData + offset;
+            const Color expectedColor = expectedColors[static_cast<size_t>(pixel)];
 
-            ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<int8_t>(expectedColors[static_cast<size_t>(pixel)].r),
-                      pixelColor[0]);
-            ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<int8_t>(expectedColors[static_cast<size_t>(pixel)].g),
-                      pixelColor[1]);
-            ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<int8_t>(expectedColors[static_cast<size_t>(pixel)].b),
-                      pixelColor[2]);
+            ASSERT_EQ(std::round(255.0f * expectedColor.r), pixelColor[0]);
+            ASSERT_EQ(std::round(255.0f * expectedColor.g), pixelColor[1]);
+            ASSERT_EQ(std::round(255.0f * expectedColor.b), pixelColor[2]);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -262,12 +260,8 @@
 LayerSettings TestColorLayer::toRenderEngineLayerSettings() {
     LayerSettings layerSettings = TestLayer::toRenderEngineLayerSettings();
 
-    layerSettings.source.solidColor =
-            ::android::half3(static_cast<::android::half>(mColor.r) / 255.0,
-                             static_cast<::android::half>(mColor.g) / 255.0,
-                             static_cast<::android::half>(mColor.b) / 255.0);
-    layerSettings.alpha =
-            mAlpha * static_cast<float>((static_cast<::android::half>(mColor.a) / 255.0));
+    layerSettings.source.solidColor = ::android::half3(mColor.r, mColor.g, mColor.b);
+    layerSettings.alpha = mAlpha * mColor.a;
     return layerSettings;
 }
 
diff --git a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/include/ReadbackVts.h b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/include/ReadbackVts.h
index 60a036e..0fac2b3 100644
--- a/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/include/ReadbackVts.h
+++ b/graphics/composer/aidl/android/hardware/graphics/composer3/vts/functional/composer-vts/include/ReadbackVts.h
@@ -41,13 +41,12 @@
 using common::PixelFormat;
 using IMapper2_1 = ::android::hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_1::IMapper;
 
-static const Color BLACK = {0, 0, 0, static_cast<int8_t>(0xff)};
-static const Color RED = {static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), 0, 0, static_cast<int8_t>(0xff)};
-static const Color TRANSLUCENT_RED = {static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), 0, 0, 0x33};
-static const Color GREEN = {0, static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), 0, static_cast<int8_t>(0xff)};
-static const Color BLUE = {0, 0, static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), static_cast<int8_t>(0xff)};
-static const Color WHITE = {static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), static_cast<int8_t>(0xff),
-                            static_cast<int8_t>(0xff), static_cast<int8_t>(0xff)};
+static const Color BLACK = {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f};
+static const Color RED = {1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f};
+static const Color TRANSLUCENT_RED = {1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.3f};
+static const Color GREEN = {0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f};
+static const Color BLUE = {0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f};
+static const Color WHITE = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f};
 
 class TestRenderEngine;