From 16d334a4b6ecfdba91eafb6c1f2a07f020e4666b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:14:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #7912

---
 kitty/options/utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/options/utils.py b/kitty/options/utils.py
index 9dbfa3352..eb8c2cd92 100644
--- a/kitty/options/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/options/utils.py
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ def transparent_background_colors(spec: str) -> Tuple[Tuple[Color, float], ...]:
     for part in spec.split():
         col, sep, alpha = part.partition('@')
         c = to_color(col)
-        o = unit_float(alpha) if alpha else -1
+        o = max(-1, min(float(alpha) if alpha else -1, 1))
         if (idx := seen.get(c)) is not None:
             ans[idx] = c, o
             continue