diff --git a/gdk/gdknamedcolorstate.c b/gdk/gdknamedcolorstate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d7293cedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdk/gdknamedcolorstate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+/* gdknamedcolorstate.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2024 (c) Matthias Clasen
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "gdknamedcolorstateprivate.h"
+
+#include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>
+
+
+struct _GdkNamedColorState
+{
+  GdkColorState parent_instance;
+
+  GdkColorStateId id;
+};
+
+struct _GdkNamedColorStateClass
+{
+  GdkColorStateClass parent_class;
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GdkNamedColorState, gdk_named_color_state, GDK_TYPE_COLOR_STATE)
+
+static gboolean
+gdk_named_color_state_equal (GdkColorState *self,
+                             GdkColorState *other)
+{
+  return ((GdkNamedColorState *) self)->id == ((GdkNamedColorState *) other)->id;
+}
+
+static GdkMemoryDepth
+gdk_named_color_state_get_min_depth (GdkColorState *self)
+{
+  switch (((GdkNamedColorState *) self)->id)
+    {
+    case GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB_LINEAR:
+    case GDK_COLOR_STATE_OKLAB:
+    case GDK_COLOR_STATE_OKLCH:
+      return GDK_MEMORY_U16;
+    case GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB:
+    case GDK_COLOR_STATE_HSL:
+    case GDK_COLOR_STATE_HWB:
+      return GDK_MEMORY_U8;
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+    }
+}
+
+static const char *
+gdk_named_color_state_get_name (GdkColorState *self)
+{
+  const char *names[] = {
+    "srgb", "srgb-linear", "hsl", "hwb", "oklab", "oklch"
+  };
+
+  return names[((GdkNamedColorState *) self)->id];
+}
+
+static void
+gdk_named_color_state_dispose (GObject *object)
+{
+  g_assert_not_reached ();
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gdk_named_color_state_parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gdk_named_color_state_class_init (GdkNamedColorStateClass *klass)
+{
+  GdkColorStateClass *color_state_class = GDK_COLOR_STATE_CLASS (klass);
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->dispose = gdk_named_color_state_dispose;
+
+  color_state_class->equal = gdk_named_color_state_equal;
+  color_state_class->get_min_depth = gdk_named_color_state_get_min_depth;
+  color_state_class->get_name = gdk_named_color_state_get_name;
+}
+
+static void
+gdk_named_color_state_init (GdkNamedColorState *self)
+{
+}
+
+static GdkColorState *
+gdk_named_color_state_new (GdkColorStateId id)
+{
+  GdkNamedColorState *self;
+
+  self = g_object_new (GDK_TYPE_NAMED_COLOR_STATE, NULL);
+
+  self->id = id;
+
+  return (GdkColorState *) self;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_color_state_get_srgb:
+ *
+ * Returns the object representing the sRGB color state.
+ *
+ * If you don't know anything about color states but need one for
+ * use with some function, this one is most likely the right one.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the object for the sRGB color state.
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkColorState *
+gdk_color_state_get_srgb (void)
+{
+  static GdkColorState *srgb_color_state;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&srgb_color_state))
+    {
+      GdkColorState *color_state;
+
+      color_state = gdk_named_color_state_new (GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB);
+      g_assert (color_state);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&srgb_color_state, color_state);
+    }
+
+  return srgb_color_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_color_state_get_srgb_linear:
+ *
+ * Returns the object representing the linear sRGB color state.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the object for the linear sRGB color state.
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkColorState *
+gdk_color_state_get_srgb_linear (void)
+{
+  static GdkColorState *srgb_linear_color_state;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&srgb_linear_color_state))
+    {
+      GdkColorState *color_state;
+
+      color_state = gdk_named_color_state_new (GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB);
+      g_assert (color_state);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&srgb_linear_color_state, color_state);
+    }
+
+  return srgb_linear_color_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_color_state_get_hsl:
+ *
+ * Returns the object representing the HSL color state.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the object for the HSL color state.
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkColorState *
+gdk_color_state_get_hsl (void)
+{
+  static GdkColorState *hsl_color_state;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&hsl_color_state))
+    {
+      GdkColorState *color_state;
+
+      color_state = gdk_named_color_state_new (GDK_COLOR_STATE_HSL);
+      g_assert (color_state);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&hsl_color_state, color_state);
+    }
+
+  return hsl_color_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_color_state_get_hwb:
+ *
+ * Returns the object representing the HWB color state.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the object for the HWB color state.
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkColorState *
+gdk_color_state_get_hwb (void)
+{
+  static GdkColorState *hwb_color_state;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&hwb_color_state))
+    {
+      GdkColorState *color_state;
+
+      color_state = gdk_named_color_state_new (GDK_COLOR_STATE_HWB);
+      g_assert (color_state);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&hwb_color_state, color_state);
+    }
+
+  return hwb_color_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_color_state_get_oklab:
+ *
+ * Returns the object representing the OKLAB color state.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the object for the OKLAB color state.
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkColorState *
+gdk_color_state_get_oklab (void)
+{
+  static GdkColorState *oklab_color_state;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&oklab_color_state))
+    {
+      GdkColorState *color_state;
+
+      color_state = gdk_named_color_state_new (GDK_COLOR_STATE_OKLAB);
+      g_assert (color_state);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&oklab_color_state, color_state);
+    }
+
+  return oklab_color_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_color_state_get_oklcb:
+ *
+ * Returns the object representing the OKLCH color state.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the object for the OKLCH color state.
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkColorState *
+gdk_color_state_get_oklch (void)
+{
+  static GdkColorState *oklch_color_state;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&oklch_color_state))
+    {
+      GdkColorState *color_state;
+
+      color_state = gdk_named_color_state_new (GDK_COLOR_STATE_OKLCH);
+      g_assert (color_state);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&oklch_color_state, color_state);
+    }
+
+  return oklch_color_state;
+}
+
+GdkColorStateId
+gdk_named_color_state_get_id (GdkColorState *self)
+{
+  return ((GdkNamedColorState *) self)->id;
+}
diff --git a/gdk/gdknamedcolorstateprivate.h b/gdk/gdknamedcolorstateprivate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478c7ac78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdk/gdknamedcolorstateprivate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* gdknamedscolorstate.h
+ *
+ * Copyright 2024 (c) Matthias Clasen
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "gdkcolorstateprivate.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GDK_TYPE_NAMED_COLOR_STATE (gdk_named_color_state_get_type ())
+
+typedef enum {
+  GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB,
+  GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB_LINEAR,
+  GDK_COLOR_STATE_HSL,
+  GDK_COLOR_STATE_HWB,
+  GDK_COLOR_STATE_OKLAB,
+  GDK_COLOR_STATE_OKLCH,
+} GdkColorStateId;
+
+GDK_DECLARE_INTERNAL_TYPE (GdkNamedColorState, gdk_named_color_state, GDK, NAMED_COLOR_STATE, GdkColorState)
+
+GdkColorStateId gdk_named_color_state_get_id (GdkColorState *self);
+
+G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/gdk/meson.build b/gdk/meson.build
index af88b1485e..eb055e56e0 100644
--- a/gdk/meson.build
+++ b/gdk/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gdk_public_sources = files([
   'gdkcairocontext.c',
   'gdkclipboard.c',
   'gdkcolorstate.c',
+  'gdknamedcolorstate.c',
   'gdkcontentdeserializer.c',
   'gdkcontentformats.c',
   'gdkcontentprovider.c',