Setting color via rgba in CSS

In addition to the rgb format, there is the rgba format, which works in a similar way, but the fourth parameter allows you to set the translucency of the color. This parameter accepts fractional values ​​from 0 to 1. In this case, one corresponds to full opacity, and zero to full transparency.

Let's look at some examples.

Example

First, let's make an opaque block like this:

html<div id="parent">
  <div id="elem">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </div>
</div>

css#parent {
  background-image: url("bg.png");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 30px;
}
#elem {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 20px solid red;
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: rgba(255, 0, 0); /* red gules */
}

Результат:

Example

Now let's add translucency to the text:

html<div id="parent">
  <div id="elem">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </div>
</div>

css#parent {
  background-image: url("bg.png");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 30px;
}
#elem {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 20px solid red;
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5); /* red translucent */
}

Результат:

Example

Now let's make a translucent border:

html<div id="parent">
  <div id="elem">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </div>
</div>

css#parent {
  background-image: url("bg.png");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 30px;
}
#elem {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 20px solid rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5); /* red translucent */
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: red;
}

Результат:

Example

Now let's make a semi-transparent background:

html<div id="parent">
  <div id="elem">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </div>
</div>

css#parent {
  background-image: url("bg.png");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 30px;
}
#elem {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 20px solid red;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); /* black translucent */
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: red;
}

Результат:

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