diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.cpp b/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.cpp
index b06ad8d267..8c0e9746c7 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ namespace ipa {
  * \brief The integral storage type used for the fixed-point representation
  */
 
+/**
+ * \typedef FixedPointQTraits::FloatingType
+ * \brief The type used for the floating-point representation
+ */
+
 /**
  * \var FixedPointQTraits::qMin
  * \brief Minimum representable quantized integer value
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ namespace ipa {
  */
 
 /**
- * \fn FixedPointQTraits::fromFloat(float v)
+ * \fn FixedPointQTraits::fromFloat(FloatingType v)
  * \brief Convert a floating-point value to a fixed-point integer
  * \param[in] v The floating-point value to be converted
  * \return The quantized fixed-point integer representation
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.h b/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.h
index 537bc774a4..66863075c6 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.h
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/fixedpoint.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
 	using QuantizedType = UT;
+	using FloatingType = float;
 
 	static constexpr UT qMin = std::is_signed_v<T>
 				 ? -(UT{ 1 } << (bits - 1))
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public:
 	static constexpr float toFloat(QuantizedType q)
 	{
 		if constexpr (std::is_unsigned_v<T>)
-			return static_cast<float>(q) / static_cast<float>(UT{ 1 } << F);
+			return static_cast<FloatingType>(q) / static_cast<FloatingType>(UT{ 1 } << F);
 
 		/*
 		 * Recreate the upper bits in case of a negative number by
@@ -60,16 +61,16 @@ public:
 		 */
 		unsigned int remaining_bits = sizeof(UT) * 8 - (I + F);
 		T t = static_cast<T>(static_cast<UT>(q) << remaining_bits) >> remaining_bits;
-		return static_cast<float>(t) / static_cast<float>(UT{ 1 } << F);
+		return static_cast<FloatingType>(t) / static_cast<FloatingType>(UT{ 1 } << F);
 	}
 
-	static constexpr float min = toFloat(qMin);
-	static constexpr float max = toFloat(qMax);
+	static constexpr FloatingType min = toFloat(qMin);
+	static constexpr FloatingType max = toFloat(qMax);
 
 	static_assert(min < max, "FixedPointQTraits: Minimum must be less than maximum");
 
 	/* Conversion functions required by Quantized<Traits> */
-	static QuantizedType fromFloat(float v)
+	static QuantizedType fromFloat(FloatingType v)
 	{
 		v = std::clamp(v, min, max);
 
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp b/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp
index 06143a97ab..34cf6b1b97 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,15 @@ namespace ipa {
  */
 
 /**
- * \fn Quantized::Quantized(float x)
+ * \typedef Quantized::FloatingType
+ * \brief The floating type used for the value representation
+ *
+ * This alias corresponds to \c TraitsType::FloatingType, as defined by
+ * the traits class.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \fn Quantized::Quantized(FloatingType x)
  * \brief Construct a Quantized value from a floating-point number
  * \param[in] x The floating-point value to be quantized
  *
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.h b/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.h
index 8d7b06a2df..5c41d0b5dd 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.h
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/quantized.h
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ template<typename Traits>
 struct Quantized {
 	using TraitsType = Traits;
 	using QuantizedType = typename Traits::QuantizedType;
-	static_assert(std::is_arithmetic_v<QuantizedType>,
-		      "Quantized: QuantizedType must be arithmetic");
+	using FloatingType = typename Traits::FloatingType;
+
+	static_assert(std::is_integral_v<QuantizedType>,
+		      "Quantized: QuantizedType must be integral");
+	static_assert(std::is_floating_point_v<FloatingType>,
+		      "Quantized: FloatingType must be floating");
 
 	constexpr Quantized()
-		: Quantized(0.0f) {}
+		: Quantized(FloatingType{}) {}
 
-	constexpr Quantized(float x)
+	constexpr Quantized(FloatingType x)
 		: Quantized(Traits::fromFloat(x))
 	{
 	}
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ struct Quantized {
 
 private:
 	QuantizedType quantized_;
-	float value_;
+	FloatingType value_;
 };
 
 } /* namespace ipa */
diff --git a/test/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp b/test/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp
index 18655dac52..4b1d869bf2 100644
--- a/test/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp
+++ b/test/ipa/libipa/quantized.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ using namespace ipa;
 
 struct BrightnessHueTraits {
 	using QuantizedType = uint8_t;
-	static QuantizedType fromFloat(float v)
+	using FloatingType = float;
+
+	static QuantizedType fromFloat(FloatingType v)
 	{
 		int quantized = std::lround(v * 128.0f);
 		return std::clamp<int>(quantized, -128, 127);
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ using BrightnessHueQuantizer = Quantized<BrightnessHueTraits>;
 
 struct ContrastSaturationTraits {
 	using QuantizedType = uint8_t;
-	static QuantizedType fromFloat(float v)
+	using FloatingType = float;
+
+	static QuantizedType fromFloat(FloatingType v)
 	{
 		int quantized = std::lround(v * 128.0f);
 		return std::clamp<int>(quantized, 0, 255);