# Background semi-transparent only

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-semi-transparent-only/307702>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-semi-transparent-only/307702 "2010-04-08T17:37:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vandel212](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85f322/32.png) [@Vandel212](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vandel212)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-semi-transparent-only/307702/1 "2010-04-08T17:37:03Z")

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I’m running into an issue with my web page. I would like to have the background color of a table be white and have the opacity set to 75. There is no issue with me doing that. The issue arises when I put text in the table. It becuase transparent just like the background. Is there any way that I can set something up in CSS to make only the background color transparent and not the text?

Thanks.

```auto

[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]style [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000]type[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]="text/css">[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515].NewsTable[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000]background-color[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]: [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]White[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000];[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000]filter[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]: [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]alpha(opacity=75)-moz-opacity:0.75[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]; [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000]opacity[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]: [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]0.75[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2];[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000]border[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]: [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]2px[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]solid[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]black[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2];[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]

```