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Variables: Color alias with alpha / opacity (rgba ideally)

  • June 22, 2023
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Pigeon
  • New Participant
  • March 21, 2026

Since Material2 it's been common to use opacity rather than unique colors, but it's still not supported in Figma variables without disconnecting the parent color, to stop needing painfull workarounds.

In code it often looks like this destructive/50 = 50% of $destructive

  1. I want to variable opacity without unlinking the parent color.

  2. I want opacity control in the UI for the linked color, like code. 

     

     


WolfganL
  • New Member
  • March 21, 2026

+100


FranklyFranny

Yes. I'm actually shocked this isn't a thing yet. Variables has been out for ages. 


M_Smith
  • New Member
  • March 22, 2026

+1. A major frustration with variables rn