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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Text Shadows

yoav green
yoav green
8,611 Points
Posted by yoav green
yoav green
8,611 Points

forgot whats the "alpha" role in the rgba. any one can remind?

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2 Answers

Dima Mykhaylov
Dima Mykhaylov
19,379 Points

Alpha is the opacity or in other words how transparent the color is. The lower the value the more transparent it will be. So opacity 1 would be the normal color of the rgba and 0.1 opacity would make it very hard to see.

Samuel Morgan
Samuel Morgan
2,226 Points
Samuel Morgan
Samuel Morgan
2,226 Points

To add to this, 1 is considered 100% or 'completely visible'. 0.5 would make it 50% transparent.

pat barosy
pat barosy
6,759 Points
pat barosy
pat barosy
6,759 Points

Exactly what Dima said.