set background opacity css code example

Example 1: css opacity background color

background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);

Example 2: css opacity example

.opacity30 {
  opacity: 0.3;
  filter: alpha(opacity=30); /* For IE8 and earlier */
}

Example 3: css set background opacity

/*background color opacity with explainations */
rgba(51, 170, 51, .1)    /*  10% opaque green */ 
rgba(51, 170, 51, .4)    /*  40% opaque green */ 
rgba(51, 170, 51, .7)    /*  70% opaque green */ 
rgba(51, 170, 51,  1)    /* full opaque green */

Example 4: transparent background css

div {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  display: block;
  position: relative;
}

div::after {
  content: "";
  background: url(image.jpg);
  opacity: 0.5;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;   
}