diff --git a/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/format.rs b/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/format.rs
index a735be31..b31f3ede 100644
--- a/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/format.rs
+++ b/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/format.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ pub enum Format {
     Bc3 = 12,
     /// Uncompressed BGRA8
     Bgra8 = 20,
+    /// Uncompressed BGRA16 (16-bit per channel)
+    Bgra16 = 21,
 }
 
 impl Format {
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ impl Format {
     /// Get the block size of the format
     pub fn block_size(&self) -> (usize, usize) {
         match self {
-            Format::Bgra8 => (1, 1),
+            Format::Bgra8 | Format::Bgra16 => (1, 1),
             _ => (4, 4),
         }
     }
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ impl Format {
             Format::Bc1 => 8,
             Format::Bc3 => 16,
             Format::Bgra8 => 4,
+            Format::Bgra16 => 8, // 4 channels × 2 bytes each
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/mod.rs b/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/mod.rs
index 4190a99b..202780f8 100644
--- a/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/mod.rs
@@ -133,12 +133,15 @@ impl Tex {
         // size of mip
         let (w, h) = mip_dims(level);
 
-        let data = match matches!(self.format, Format::Bgra8) {
-            true => TexSurfaceData::Bgra8Slice(
+        let data = match self.format {
+            Format::Bgra8 => TexSurfaceData::Bgra8Slice(
                 // TODO: test me (this is likely wrong)
                 &self.data[off..off + (w * h * self.format.bytes_per_block())],
             ),
-            false => {
+            Format::Bgra16 => TexSurfaceData::Bgra16Slice(
+                &self.data[off..off + (w * h * self.format.bytes_per_block())],
+            ),
+            _ => {
                 let mut data = vec![0; w * h];
                 let i = &self.data[off..off + mip_bytes((w, h))];
                 let o = &mut data;
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ impl Tex {
                         texture2ddecoder::decode_etc2_rgba8(i, w, h, o).map_err(DecodeErr::Etc2Eac)
                     }
                     // Safety: the outer match ensures we can't reach this arm
-                    Format::Bgra8 => unsafe { unreachable_unchecked() },
+                    Format::Bgra8 | Format::Bgra16 => unsafe { unreachable_unchecked() },
                 }?;
                 TexSurfaceData::Bgra8Owned(data)
             }
diff --git a/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/surface.rs b/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/surface.rs
index 8c2237b3..31e833ac 100644
--- a/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/surface.rs
+++ b/crates/ltk_texture/src/tex/surface.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+use image::{ImageBuffer, Rgba};
+
 use super::super::ToImageError;
 
+/// 16-bit RGBA image buffer
+pub type Rgba16Image = ImageBuffer<Rgba<u16>, Vec<u16>>;
+
 /// A decoded tex mipmap
 pub struct TexSurface<'a> {
     pub width: u32,
@@ -11,10 +16,15 @@ pub struct TexSurface<'a> {
 pub enum TexSurfaceData<'a> {
     Bgra8Slice(&'a [u8]),
     Bgra8Owned(Vec<u32>),
+    /// 16-bit per channel BGRA data (8 bytes per pixel)
+    Bgra16Slice(&'a [u8]),
 }
 
 impl TexSurface<'_> {
-    /// Convert the surface to an [image::RgbaImage]
+    /// Convert the surface to an [image::RgbaImage] (8-bit per channel)
+    ///
+    /// For 16-bit textures, this will normalize values to 8-bit.
+    /// Use [Self::into_rgba16_image] to preserve full precision.
     pub fn into_rgba_image(self) -> Result<image::RgbaImage, ToImageError> {
         image::RgbaImage::from_raw(
             self.width,
@@ -37,6 +47,73 @@ impl TexSurface<'_> {
                         [r, g, b, a]
                     })
                     .collect(),
+                TexSurfaceData::Bgra16Slice(data) => data
+                    .chunks_exact(8)
+                    .flat_map(|pixel| {
+                        let b = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[0], pixel[1]]);
+                        let g = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[2], pixel[3]]);
+                        let r = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[4], pixel[5]]);
+                        let a = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[6], pixel[7]]);
+
+                        [
+                            (r >> 8) as u8,
+                            (g >> 8) as u8,
+                            (b >> 8) as u8,
+                            (a >> 8) as u8,
+                        ]
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            },
+        )
+        .ok_or(ToImageError::InvalidContainerSize)
+    }
+
+    /// Convert the surface to an [Rgba16Image] (16-bit per channel)
+    ///
+    /// For 8-bit textures, values are scaled up to 16-bit.
+    pub fn into_rgba16_image(self) -> Result<Rgba16Image, ToImageError> {
+        Rgba16Image::from_raw(
+            self.width,
+            self.height,
+            match self.data {
+                TexSurfaceData::Bgra8Slice(data) => data
+                    .chunks_exact(4)
+                    .flat_map(|pixel| {
+                        let [b, g, r, a] = pixel else {
+                            unreachable!();
+                        };
+
+                        [
+                            *r as u16 * 257,
+                            *g as u16 * 257,
+                            *b as u16 * 257,
+                            *a as u16 * 257,
+                        ]
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+                TexSurfaceData::Bgra8Owned(vec) => vec
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .flat_map(|pixel| {
+                        let [b, g, r, a] = pixel.to_le_bytes();
+
+                        [
+                            r as u16 * 257,
+                            g as u16 * 257,
+                            b as u16 * 257,
+                            a as u16 * 257,
+                        ]
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+                TexSurfaceData::Bgra16Slice(data) => data
+                    .chunks_exact(8)
+                    .flat_map(|pixel| {
+                        let b = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[0], pixel[1]]);
+                        let g = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[2], pixel[3]]);
+                        let r = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[4], pixel[5]]);
+                        let a = u16::from_le_bytes([pixel[6], pixel[7]]);
+                        [r, g, b, a]
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
             },
         )
         .ok_or(ToImageError::InvalidContainerSize)