diff --git a/src/imageops/fast_blur.rs b/src/imageops/fast_blur.rs
index a1b9978a92..3b2c387509 100644
--- a/src/imageops/fast_blur.rs
+++ b/src/imageops/fast_blur.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use num_traits::Bounded;
 
 use crate::imageops::filter_1d::{SafeAdd, SafeMul};
+use crate::primitive_sealed::NearestFrom;
 use crate::{ImageBuffer, Pixel, Primitive};
 
 /// Approximation of Gaussian blur.
@@ -136,26 +137,8 @@ fn ceil_to_odd(x: usize) -> usize {
 }
 
 #[inline]
-#[allow(clippy::manual_clamp)]
 fn rounding_saturating_mul<T: Primitive>(v: f32, w: f32) -> T {
-    // T::DEFAULT_MAX_VALUE is equal to 1.0 only in cases where storage type if `f32/f64`,
-    // that means it should be safe to round here.
-    if T::DEFAULT_MAX_VALUE.to_f32().unwrap() != 1.0 {
-        T::from(
-            (v * w)
-                .round()
-                .min(T::DEFAULT_MAX_VALUE.to_f32().unwrap())
-                .max(T::DEFAULT_MIN_VALUE.to_f32().unwrap()),
-        )
-        .unwrap()
-    } else {
-        T::from(
-            (v * w)
-                .min(T::DEFAULT_MAX_VALUE.to_f32().unwrap())
-                .max(T::DEFAULT_MIN_VALUE.to_f32().unwrap()),
-        )
-        .unwrap()
-    }
+    NearestFrom::nearest_from(v * w)
 }
 
 fn box_blur_horizontal_pass_strategy<T, P: Primitive>(
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4cd7e0c37c..96d2df97df 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ mod images;
 /// This is going to be internal.
 pub mod io;
 pub mod metadata;
+mod primitive_sealed;
 //TODO delete this module after a few releases
 mod traits;
 mod utils;
diff --git a/src/primitive_sealed.rs b/src/primitive_sealed.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e89ba6a148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/primitive_sealed.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+//! Module for crate-private traits implemented for all primitive types.
+
+/// Crate-private trait to seal the [`Primitive`](crate::Primitive) trait.
+///
+/// This trait is `pub` but not exported, so it cannot be implemented outside
+/// this crate.
+#[allow(private_bounds)]
+pub trait PrimitiveSealed: Sized + NearestFrom<f32> {}
+
+impl PrimitiveSealed for usize {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for u8 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for u16 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for u32 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for u64 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for isize {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for i8 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for i16 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for i32 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for i64 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for f32 {}
+impl PrimitiveSealed for f64 {}
+
+/// Returns the nearest value of `Self` to a given value.
+///
+/// Properties:
+/// - For a float -> int conversion:
+///     - The float is rounded to the nearest integer.
+///       (An implementation may use a fast approximation instead of a precise rounding method.)
+///     - NaN is mapped to 0.
+///     - Values outside the range of the integer type are clamped to the min or max value.
+/// - For a float -> float conversion:
+///     - The float is clamped to the range `[0.0, 1.0]`.
+///     - NaN is mapped to 0.0.
+pub(crate) trait NearestFrom<T> {
+    fn nearest_from(value: T) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl NearestFrom<f32> for u8 {
+    fn nearest_from(value: f32) -> Self {
+        // Approximate rounding using the well-known + 0.5 trick.
+        // This does not handle certain cases correctly. E.g. `0.5_f32.nextdown()`
+        // is incorrectly rounded to 1 instead of 0. However, this isn't typically
+        // an issue in practice.
+        (value + 0.5) as u8
+    }
+}
+impl NearestFrom<f32> for u16 {
+    fn nearest_from(value: f32) -> Self {
+        (value + 0.5) as u16
+    }
+}
+impl NearestFrom<f32> for f32 {
+    #[allow(clippy::manual_clamp)] // to map NaN to 0.0
+    fn nearest_from(value: f32) -> Self {
+        value.max(0.0).min(1.0)
+    }
+}
+impl NearestFrom<f32> for f64 {
+    #[allow(clippy::manual_clamp)] // to map NaN to 0.0
+    fn nearest_from(value: f32) -> Self {
+        value.max(0.0).min(1.0) as f64
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! impl_nearest_from_f32_for_ints {
+        ($($t:ty),+) => { $(
+            impl NearestFrom<f32> for $t {
+                fn nearest_from(value: f32) -> Self {
+                    value.round() as $t
+                }
+            }
+        )+ };
+    }
+impl_nearest_from_f32_for_ints!(u32, u64, usize, i8, i16, i32, i64, isize);
diff --git a/src/traits.rs b/src/traits.rs
index 2e6ce7ae0f..2e245156b8 100644
--- a/src/traits.rs
+++ b/src/traits.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use num_traits::{Bounded, Num, NumCast};
 use std::ops::AddAssign;
 
 use crate::color::{Luma, LumaA, Rgb, Rgba};
+use crate::primitive_sealed::PrimitiveSealed;
 use crate::ExtendedColorType;
 
 /// Types which are safe to treat as an immutable byte slice in a pixel layout
@@ -33,27 +34,10 @@ impl EncodableLayout for [f32] {
     }
 }
 
-mod sealed {
-    pub trait PrimitiveSealed: Sized {}
-}
-
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for usize {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for u8 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for u16 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for u32 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for u64 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for isize {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for i8 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for i16 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for i32 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for i64 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for f32 {}
-impl sealed::PrimitiveSealed for f64 {}
-
 /// The type of each channel in a pixel. For example, this can be `u8`, `u16`, `f32`.
 // TODO rename to `PixelComponent`? Split up into separate traits? Seal?
 pub trait Primitive:
-    Copy + NumCast + Num + PartialOrd<Self> + Clone + Bounded + sealed::PrimitiveSealed
+    Copy + NumCast + Num + PartialOrd<Self> + Clone + Bounded + PrimitiveSealed
 {
     /// The maximum value for this type of primitive within the context of color.
     /// For floats, the maximum is `1.0`, whereas the integer types inherit their usual maximum values.