Transparency is controlled by the alpha channel (AA in #AARRGGBB). Maximal value (255 dec, FF hex) means fully opaque. The minimum value (0 dec, 00 hex) means fully transparent. Values in between are semi-transparent, i.e. the color is mixed with the background color.
To get a fully transparent color set the alpha to zero. RR, GG and BB are irrelevant in this case because no color will be visible. This means #00FFFFFF ("transparent White") is the same color as #00F0F8FF ("transparent AliceBlue"). To keep it simple one chooses black (#00000000) or white (#00FFFFFF) if the color does not matter.
- you’ll find Transparent defined as #00FFFFFF.
Example: For 85% white, you would use #D9FFFFFF. Here 85% = "D9" & White = "FFFFFF"
All hex value from 100% to 0% alpha:
- 100% — FF
- 99% — FC
- 98% — FA
- 97% — F7
- 96% — F5
- 95% — F2
- 94% — F0
- 93% — ED
- 92% — EB
- 91% — E8
- 90% — E6
- 89% — E3
- 88% — E0
- 87% — DE
- 86% — DB
- 85% — D9
- 84% — D6
- 83% — D4
- 82% — D1
- 81% — CF
- 80% — CC
- 79% — C9
- 78% — C7
- 77% — C4
- 76% — C2
- 75% — BF
- 74% — BD
- 73% — BA
- 72% — B8
- 71% — B5
- 70% — B3
- 69% — B0
- 68% — AD
- 67% — AB
- 66% — A8
- 65% — A6
- 64% — A3
- 63% — A1
- 62% — 9E
- 61% — 9C
- 60% — 99
- 59% — 96
- 58% — 94
- 57% — 91
- 56% — 8F
- 55% — 8C
- 54% — 8A
- 53% — 87
- 52% — 85
- 51% — 82
- 50% — 80
- 49% — 7D
- 48% — 7A
- 47% — 78
- 46% — 75
- 45% — 73
- 44% — 70
- 43% — 6E
- 42% — 6B
- 41% — 69
- 40% — 66
- 39% — 63
- 38% — 61
- 37% — 5E
- 36% — 5C
- 35% — 59
- 34% — 57
- 33% — 54
- 32% — 52
- 31% — 4F
- 30% — 4D
- 29% — 4A
- 28% — 47
- 27% — 45
- 26% — 42
- 25% — 40
- 24% — 3D
- 23% — 3B
- 22% — 38
- 21% — 36
- 20% — 33
- 19% — 30
- 18% — 2E
- 17% — 2B
- 16% — 29
- 15% — 26
- 14% — 24
- 13% — 21
- 12% — 1F
- 11% — 1C
- 10% — 1A
- 9% — 17
- 8% — 14
- 7% — 12
- 6% — 0F
- 5% — 0D
- 4% — 0A
- 3% — 08
- 2% — 05
- 1% — 03
- 0% — 00
How is it calculated?
FF is a number written in hex mode. That number represents 255 in decimal. For example, if you want 42% to calculate you need to find 42% of number 255 and convert that number to hex. 255 * 0.42 ~= 107 107 to hex is “6B”
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In HTML/CSS (browser code) the format is #RRGGBBAA with the alpha channel as the last two hexadecimal digits.