diff --git a/include/cairo/context.hpp b/include/cairo/context.hpp
index 47d54f6c..be881c50 100644
--- a/include/cairo/context.hpp
+++ b/include/cairo/context.hpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace cairo {
     }
 
     context& operator<<(const rgba& f) {
-      cairo_set_source_rgba(m_c, f.r(), f.g(), f.b(), f.a());
+      cairo_set_source_rgba(m_c, f.red_d(), f.green_d(), f.blue_d(), f.alpha_d());
       return *this;
     }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace cairo {
         auto offset = 0.0;
         for (auto&& color : l.steps) {
           // clang-format off
-          cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba(pattern, offset, color.r(), color.g(), color.b(), color.a());
+          cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba(pattern, offset, color.red_d(), color.green_d(), color.blue_d(), color.alpha_d());
           // clang-format on
           offset += step;
         }
diff --git a/include/utils/color.hpp b/include/utils/color.hpp
index 84ac2380..bdf46ec1 100644
--- a/include/utils/color.hpp
+++ b/include/utils/color.hpp
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ class rgba {
   uint32_t value() const;
   color_type type() const;
 
-  double a() const;
-  double r() const;
-  double g() const;
-  double b() const;
+  double alpha_d() const;
+  double red_d() const;
+  double green_d() const;
+  double blue_d() const;
 
-  uint8_t a_int() const;
-  uint8_t r_int() const;
-  uint8_t g_int() const;
-  uint8_t b_int() const;
+  uint8_t alpha_i() const;
+  uint8_t red_i() const;
+  uint8_t green_i() const;
+  uint8_t blue_i() const;
 
   bool has_color() const;
   rgba apply_alpha(rgba other) const;
diff --git a/src/utils/color.cpp b/src/utils/color.cpp
index e46750d4..0abfda62 100644
--- a/src/utils/color.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/color.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool rgba::operator==(const rgba& other) const {
     case ARGB:
       return m_value == other.m_value;
     case ALPHA_ONLY:
-      return a_int() == other.a_int();
+      return alpha_i() == other.alpha_i();
     default:
       return false;
   }
@@ -103,35 +103,35 @@ rgba::color_type rgba::type() const {
   return m_type;
 }
 
-double rgba::a() const {
-  return a_int() / 255.0;
+double rgba::alpha_d() const {
+  return alpha_i() / 255.0;
 }
 
-double rgba::r() const {
-  return r_int() / 255.0;
+double rgba::red_d() const {
+  return red_i() / 255.0;
 }
 
-double rgba::g() const {
-  return g_int() / 255.0;
+double rgba::green_d() const {
+  return green_i() / 255.0;
 }
 
-double rgba::b() const {
-  return b_int() / 255.0;
+double rgba::blue_d() const {
+  return blue_i() / 255.0;
 }
 
-uint8_t rgba::a_int() const {
+uint8_t rgba::alpha_i() const {
   return (m_value >> 24) & 0xFF;
 }
 
-uint8_t rgba::r_int() const {
+uint8_t rgba::red_i() const {
   return (m_value >> 16) & 0xFF;
 }
 
-uint8_t rgba::g_int() const {
+uint8_t rgba::green_i() const {
   return (m_value >> 8) & 0xFF;
 }
 
-uint8_t rgba::b_int() const {
+uint8_t rgba::blue_i() const {
   return m_value & 0xFF;
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ bool rgba::has_color() const {
  * Useful for ALPHA_ONLY colors
  */
 rgba rgba::apply_alpha(rgba other) const {
-  uint32_t val = (m_value & 0x00FFFFFF) | (((uint32_t)other.a_int()) << 24);
+  uint32_t val = (m_value & 0x00FFFFFF) | (((uint32_t)other.alpha_i()) << 24);
   return rgba(val, m_type);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/x11/tray_manager.cpp b/src/x11/tray_manager.cpp
index e9627f45..5cf503d1 100644
--- a/src/x11/tray_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/tray_manager.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void tray_manager::setup(const bar_settings& bar_opts) {
   // Set user-defined background color
   m_opts.background = conf.get(bs, "tray-background", bar_opts.background);
 
-  if (m_opts.background.a_int() != 255) {
+  if (m_opts.background.alpha_i() != 255) {
     m_log.trace("tray: enable transparency");
     m_opts.transparent = true;
   }
@@ -638,9 +638,9 @@ void tray_manager::set_wm_hints() {
 void tray_manager::set_tray_colors() {
   m_log.trace("tray: Set _NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_COLORS to %x", m_opts.background);
 
-  auto r = m_opts.background.r_int();
-  auto g = m_opts.background.g_int();
-  auto b = m_opts.background.b_int();
+  auto r = m_opts.background.red_i();
+  auto g = m_opts.background.green_i();
+  auto b = m_opts.background.blue_i();
 
   const unsigned int colors[12] = {
       r, g, b,  // normal
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/utils/color.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/utils/color.cpp
index a780ed17..8ce76e17 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/utils/color.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/utils/color.cpp
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ TEST(Rgba, hasColor) {
 
 TEST(Rgba, channel) {
   rgba v{0xCC123456};
-  EXPECT_EQ(0xCC, v.a_int());
-  EXPECT_EQ(0x12, v.r_int());
-  EXPECT_EQ(0x34, v.g_int());
-  EXPECT_EQ(0x56, v.b_int());
+  EXPECT_EQ(0xCC, v.alpha_i());
+  EXPECT_EQ(0x12, v.red_i());
+  EXPECT_EQ(0x34, v.green_i());
+  EXPECT_EQ(0x56, v.blue_i());
 
-  EXPECT_EQ(0xCC / 255.0, rgba{0xCC112233}.a());
-  EXPECT_EQ(0x99 / 255.0, rgba{0x88449933}.g());
+  EXPECT_EQ(0xCC / 255.0, rgba{0xCC112233}.alpha_d());
+  EXPECT_EQ(0x99 / 255.0, rgba{0x88449933}.green_d());
 }
 
 TEST(Rgba, applyAlpha) {