diff --git a/components/gfx/color.rs b/components/gfx/color.rs
index a91c6818ee6..f6fb0a7de3d 100644
--- a/components/gfx/color.rs
+++ b/components/gfx/color.rs
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ pub fn transparent_black() -> AzColor {
 pub fn white() -> AzColor {
     AzColor { r: 1.0, g: 1.0, b: 1.0, a: 1.0 }
 }
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn transparent_white() -> AzColor {
+    AzColor { r: 1.0, g: 1.0, b: 1.0, a: 0.0 }
+}
diff --git a/components/layout/display_list_builder.rs b/components/layout/display_list_builder.rs
index e92d0411216..7fcacac7713 100644
--- a/components/layout/display_list_builder.rs
+++ b/components/layout/display_list_builder.rs
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ impl BlockFlowDisplayListBuilding for BlockFlow {
             ScrollPolicy::Scrollable
         };
 
-        let transparent = color::rgba(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0);
+        let transparent = color::transparent_white();
         let stacking_context =
             self.create_stacking_context(display_list,
                                          Some(Arc::new(PaintLayer::new(self.layer_id(0),