diff --git a/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py b/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py
index 92589c23b..6fba80edd 100644
--- a/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py
+++ b/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ class TransitionsProperty:
             obj.set_rule("transitions", transitions.copy())
 
 
-class PercentageProperty:
+class FractionalProperty:
     """Property that can be set either as a float (e.g. 0.1) or a
     string percentage (e.g. '10%'). Values will be clamped to the range (0, 1).
     """
diff --git a/src/textual/css/styles.py b/src/textual/css/styles.py
index 6d218cd76..7516b7971 100644
--- a/src/textual/css/styles.py
+++ b/src/textual/css/styles.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from ._style_properties import (
     StyleFlagsProperty,
     StyleProperty,
     TransitionsProperty,
-    PercentageProperty,
+    FractionalProperty,
 )
 from .constants import VALID_DISPLAY, VALID_VISIBILITY
 from .scalar import Scalar, ScalarOffset, Unit
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class StylesBase(ABC):
     text_background = ColorProperty()
     text_style = StyleFlagsProperty()
 
-    opacity = PercentageProperty()
+    opacity = FractionalProperty()
 
     padding = SpacingProperty()
     margin = SpacingProperty()
diff --git a/tests/css/test_style_properties.py b/tests/css/test_style_properties.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb