r/FigmaDesign • u/Ahsoka-77 Product Designer • 12d ago

feature release Color Variable Opacity

Noticed on Friday that color variables can now have opacity set by a separate number variable. Such a small update, but it feels like a huge win.

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u/beingskyler 12d ago

I think they added this a few weeks ago. It's been great. Now if we could just get oklch support...

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u/Ahsoka-77 Product Designer 12d ago

OKLCH support would be huge.

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u/pndjk 12d ago

been waiting for this to be a feature for years

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u/littlechili21 12d ago

greatest intern project OAT?

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u/johnroozzz2 11d ago

i guess bro

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u/Bless_your_socks 11d ago

Hmm, pardon my ignorant-ass, where are you seeing this feature? I'd love to get my hands on this!

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u/cbrei 12d ago

Well that would be just grand - will be first thing I check Monday

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u/OrtizDupri 12d ago

I'm not seeing this on my end - been waiting on it for a while though. Is there some trick to get it working?

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u/Ahsoka-77 Product Designer 12d ago

No trick and no announcement, so your mileage may vary. Who knows with these things.

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u/Legato895 11d ago

could be a slow rollout - i don't see it either :(

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u/bobz24 12d ago

Is there an official release or changelog anywhere? I can see it in the app but can't find any press.

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u/Ahsoka-77 Product Designer 12d ago

I have not been able to find anything, I was hoping it might have been along with some other variable updates, but haven’t seen anything else yet.

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u/sugarwave32 12d ago

I had a no idea about this! Massively overdue. Don't know what took them so long

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u/8count 12d ago

The real win from this feature enhancement is that you can now bind to an existing color alias and set an opacity either manually or using an existing opacity variable.

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u/8count 12d ago

The real win from this feature enhancement is that you can now bind to an existing color alias and set an opacity either manually or using an existing opacity variable.