background-color: #ff000088; <--- the 88 is the alpha
background-color: #ff0000 50%;
rgba(51, 170, 51, .1) /* 10% opaque green */
rgba(51, 170, 51, .4) /* 40% opaque green */
rgba(51, 170, 51, .7) /* 70% opaque green */
rgba(51, 170, 51, 1) /* full opaque green */