diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
index f013d908a..29f0dcf73 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ extension Ghostty {
             var rgb: UInt32 = 16777215  // white default
             let key = "unfocused-split-fill"
             _ = ghostty_config_get(ghostty.config, &rgb, key, UInt(key.count))
-            let red = Double((rgb >> 16) & 0xff)
+
+            let red = Double(rgb & 0xff)
             let green = Double((rgb >> 8) & 0xff)
-            let blue = Double(rgb & 0xff)
+            let blue = Double((rgb >> 16) & 0xff)
+
             return Color(
                 red: red / 255,
                 green: green / 255,