diff --git a/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/light.py b/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/light.py
index 472ccfbd550..d8c48d81333 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/light.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/light.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from propcache import cached_property
 
 from homeassistant.components.light import (
     ATTR_BRIGHTNESS,
-    ATTR_COLOR_TEMP,
+    ATTR_COLOR_TEMP_KELVIN,
     ATTR_HS_COLOR,
     ColorMode,
     LightEntity,
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ class HomeKitLight(HomeKitEntity, LightEntity):
     def _async_reconfigure(self) -> None:
         """Reconfigure entity."""
         self._async_clear_property_cache(
-            ("supported_features", "min_mireds", "max_mireds", "supported_color_modes")
+            (
+                "supported_features",
+                "min_color_temp_kelvin",
+                "max_color_temp_kelvin",
+                "supported_color_modes",
+            )
         )
         super()._async_reconfigure()
 
@@ -90,25 +95,35 @@ class HomeKitLight(HomeKitEntity, LightEntity):
         )
 
     @cached_property
-    def min_mireds(self) -> int:
-        """Return minimum supported color temperature."""
+    def max_color_temp_kelvin(self) -> int:
+        """Return the coldest color_temp_kelvin that this light supports."""
         if not self.service.has(CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE):
-            return super().min_mireds
-        min_value = self.service[CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE].minValue
-        return int(min_value) if min_value else super().min_mireds
+            return super().max_color_temp_kelvin
+        min_value_mireds = self.service[CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE].minValue
+        return (
+            color_util.color_temperature_mired_to_kelvin(min_value_mireds)
+            if min_value_mireds
+            else super().max_color_temp_kelvin
+        )
 
     @cached_property
-    def max_mireds(self) -> int:
-        """Return the maximum color temperature."""
+    def min_color_temp_kelvin(self) -> int:
+        """Return the warmest color_temp_kelvin that this light supports."""
         if not self.service.has(CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE):
-            return super().max_mireds
-        max_value = self.service[CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE].maxValue
-        return int(max_value) if max_value else super().max_mireds
+            return super().min_color_temp_kelvin
+        max_value_mireds = self.service[CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE].maxValue
+        return (
+            color_util.color_temperature_mired_to_kelvin(max_value_mireds)
+            if max_value_mireds
+            else super().min_color_temp_kelvin
+        )
 
     @property
-    def color_temp(self) -> int:
-        """Return the color temperature."""
-        return self.service.value(CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE)
+    def color_temp_kelvin(self) -> int:
+        """Return the color temperature value in Kelvin."""
+        return color_util.color_temperature_mired_to_kelvin(
+            self.service.value(CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE)
+        )
 
     @property
     def color_mode(self) -> str:
@@ -153,7 +168,7 @@ class HomeKitLight(HomeKitEntity, LightEntity):
     async def async_turn_on(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Turn the specified light on."""
         hs_color = kwargs.get(ATTR_HS_COLOR)
-        temperature = kwargs.get(ATTR_COLOR_TEMP)
+        temperature_kelvin = kwargs.get(ATTR_COLOR_TEMP_KELVIN)
         brightness = kwargs.get(ATTR_BRIGHTNESS)
 
         characteristics: dict[str, Any] = {}
@@ -167,19 +182,18 @@ class HomeKitLight(HomeKitEntity, LightEntity):
         # does not support both, temperature will win. This is not
         # expected to happen in the UI, but it is possible via a manual
         # service call.
-        if temperature is not None:
+        if temperature_kelvin is not None:
             if self.service.has(CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE):
-                characteristics[CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE] = int(
-                    temperature
+                characteristics[CharacteristicsTypes.COLOR_TEMPERATURE] = (
+                    color_util.color_temperature_kelvin_to_mired(temperature_kelvin)
                 )
+
             elif hs_color is None:
                 # Some HomeKit devices implement color temperature with HS
                 # since the spec "technically" does not permit the COLOR_TEMPERATURE
                 # characteristic and the HUE and SATURATION characteristics to be
                 # present at the same time.
-                hue_sat = color_util.color_temperature_to_hs(
-                    color_util.color_temperature_mired_to_kelvin(temperature)
-                )
+                hue_sat = color_util.color_temperature_to_hs(temperature_kelvin)
                 characteristics[CharacteristicsTypes.HUE] = hue_sat[0]
                 characteristics[CharacteristicsTypes.SATURATION] = hue_sat[1]