Changing opacity vs changing colors

[Tim Wagner]

Hey,

I just noticed that the links above the description on a YouTube video page change their colors with opacity and not hex codes or something else. So, a normal link which is not active has an opacity of like 0.8 or so, and the highlighted links have their own colors without opacity.

I was just wondering if that is recommendable. Okay, all browsers [support it](http://caniuse.com/css-opacity “Opacity”), but wouldn’t it just be easier to use hex colors? Or does it not matter at all?

Thanks for your opinion.

[Magikarp]

Well, using opacity will allow you to change colors easily if you need to. Or change them.. dynamically I guess? Because you’ll be using opacity it won’t matter what color your using.

[Tim Wagner]

Oh sure, I didn’t think about that. Thanks.

[Kitty Giraudel]

I use to do this when I don’t care about browser support (which sadly isn’t often). Quick and easy way to change the tone without changing the actual color.

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