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Equinusocio
Jun 22, 2023 8:10 AM UTC

Add way to change opacity for color variables alias, fills, strokes, etc

When aliasing a color variable to another (img 1), or using it directly on an element (img 2), we should be able to override the opacity without the need to create a variable for each transparency variation:

Cant override opacity in the alias:

CleanShot 2023-06-22 at 10.09.00

Example 2

Cant override the fill opacity:

159 replies

Webinsane
Dec 12, 2024 1:50 AM UTC

Sometimes, this is truly necessary, especially when working on templates where changing one color, like the brand color, automatically updates all variations.

Paul_Bomke
Dec 12, 2024 2:06 PM UTC

All I wish for Christmas is this 🥲

Hampus Svallfors
New Member
Jan 17, 2025 9:37 AM UTC

Please.

Laura A Hartford
New Member
Jan 23, 2025 4:34 PM UTC

+1 for the opacity option for a color variable

wgo
Active Member
Mar 7, 2025 11:12 AM UTC

+1 on this topic. It’s hard for me to understand why this hasn’t been implemented yet. Makes theming so much harder.

Thanks for considering this, Figma developer team… 8-)

Jared_r
New Participant
Mar 12, 2025 8:11 PM UTC

+1 Design System Management is still painful without a feature like this

Jared_r
New Participant
Mar 12, 2025 8:12 PM UTC

+1 Design System management and theming so painful without this

Barry Lachapelle
New Member
Mar 26, 2025 5:36 PM UTC

This is an atrocity. Figma this really needs addressing.

Matías Cesario
New Member
Apr 7, 2025 8:23 PM UTC

We need this!!! +1000

Zoe_Gomez
Active Member
Apr 9, 2025 2:14 AM UTC

Would love this