# Background/Fill --\> Opacity

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/background-fill-opacity/47551>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [May 14, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/background-fill-opacity/47551 "2025-05-14T08:49:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Massimo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/massimo/32/25456_2.png) [@Massimo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Massimo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/background-fill-opacity/47551/1 "2025-05-14T08:49:25Z")

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The **Opacity** feature in the **Background** (Container, Grid, Flex, etc.) or **Fill** (SVG) properties is unique for both **Light** and **Dark** modes, while it would be very useful to be able to set it independently, one for **Light** and one for **Dark**.

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**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/background-fill-opacity/47551/2 "2025-05-14T13:52:35Z")

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Currently the only setting you can change between light and dark mode are colours.

We have talked about having all the options unique to each mode, but that adds complexity, and we wanted to keep our light/dark mode support focussed — at least for version 1.0 🙂

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**Author:** ![Massimo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/massimo/32/25456_2.png) [@Massimo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Massimo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/background-fill-opacity/47551/3 "2025-05-14T14:03:10Z")

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👍 Ok, but I hope that in a future release you can at least set opacity as an independent feature for Light and Dark mode, as a transparent color in Light mode does not always work well in Dark mode.

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**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/background-fill-opacity/47551/4 "2025-05-14T14:04:20Z")

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> [@Massimo](#):
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> I hope that in a future release you can at least set opacity as an independent feature for Light and Dark mode

We want to integrate the opacity setting directly in to the colour picker — once we do that, opacity will magically “just work” across both light and dark modes!