diff --git a/textinput/textinput.go b/textinput/textinput.go
index 363089b2d..615f173fc 100644
--- a/textinput/textinput.go
+++ b/textinput/textinput.go
@@ -719,15 +719,16 @@ func (m Model) View() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// If a max width and background color were set fill the empty spaces with
-	// the background color.
+	// Pad the rest of the input out to its full width. The padding spaces are
+	// left unstyled so that Text styling stops at the value's end, matching
+	// the placeholder's behavior. See #245.
 	valWidth := uniseg.StringWidth(string(value))
 	if m.Width() > 0 && valWidth <= m.Width() {
 		padding := max(0, m.Width()-valWidth)
 		if valWidth+padding <= m.Width() && pos < len(value) {
 			padding++
 		}
-		v += styleText(strings.Repeat(" ", padding))
+		v += strings.Repeat(" ", padding)
 	}
 
 	return m.promptView() + v
@@ -768,9 +769,11 @@ func (m Model) placeholderView() string {
 			minWidth += availWidth
 			availWidth = 0
 		}
-		// append placeholder[len] - cursor, append padding
+		// append placeholder[len] - cursor, append padding (padding is
+		// intentionally unstyled so the placeholder color only covers the
+		// placeholder text itself, matching the text-mode behavior in View).
 		v += render(string(p[1:minWidth]))
-		v += render(strings.Repeat(" ", availWidth))
+		v += strings.Repeat(" ", availWidth)
 	} else {
 		// if there is no width, the placeholder can be any length
 		v += render(string(p[1:]))
diff --git a/textinput/textinput_test.go b/textinput/textinput_test.go
index b5e344b99..bc9c03f5b 100644
--- a/textinput/textinput_test.go
+++ b/textinput/textinput_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	tea "charm.land/bubbletea/v2"
+	"charm.land/lipgloss/v2"
 )
 
 func Test_CurrentSuggestion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -107,6 +108,36 @@ func ExampleValidateFunc() {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTextStyleAndPlaceholderStyleScopeMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	// Regression test for #245. The padding spaces that fill the input out to
+	// its full width must not pick up the Text or Placeholder style, otherwise
+	// the user sees a styled background extending past the actual text. Both
+	// the text and placeholder code paths should agree.
+	bg := lipgloss.NewStyle().Background(lipgloss.Color("#AFAFAF"))
+
+	m := New()
+	m.SetWidth(20)
+	m.Placeholder = "Pies"
+	styles := m.Styles()
+	styles.Focused.Text = bg
+	styles.Focused.Placeholder = bg
+	styles.Blurred.Text = bg
+	styles.Blurred.Placeholder = bg
+	m.SetStyles(styles)
+	m.Blur()
+
+	placeholderView := m.View()
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(placeholderView, strings.Repeat(" ", 17)) {
+		t.Errorf("placeholder view should end with unstyled padding spaces, got %q", placeholderView)
+	}
+
+	m.SetValue("foo")
+	textView := m.View()
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(textView, strings.Repeat(" ", 17)) {
+		t.Errorf("text view should end with unstyled padding spaces, got %q", textView)
+	}
+}
+
 func keyPress(key rune) tea.Msg {
 	return tea.KeyPressMsg{Code: key, Text: string(key)}
 }