@julianproxy that would change the opacity of the whole element, what I want to do is somehow add opacity using an hexadecimal variable to change *only* the background color

(for context, I'm importing a bunch of colors from another file that changes dynamically)

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**julianproxy** @julianproxy · May 10, 2018, 02:12

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@arisunz Oh, sure. How about this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5135019/css-opacity-only-to-background-color-not-the-text-on-it ???

**julianproxy** @julianproxy · May 10, 2018, 02:32

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@arisunz obviously, you'll need to convert those hex values to RGB ones, but that's a known equation (N*16+M), just un-fun to have to do

**Ari Myr** @arisunz · May 10, 2018, 02:35

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@julianproxy yeah that's the sucky part, I'm finding out

I've read that *supposedly* you can mix hex and rgb values with Sass and then this would work but

I don't know Sass

I'd probably be better off using floating elements as background, blegh

**Ari Myr** @arisunz · May 10, 2018, 02:35

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@julianproxy thanks for the help anyway!

**julianproxy** @julianproxy · May 10, 2018, 02:42

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@arisunz Some people online say that the two elements is "easier," but it sounds absolutely dreadful to me. GOOD LUCK!!!