# Opacity
You can set the opacity of a component.
> **NOTE**
>
> The APIs of this module are supported since API version 7. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.
## opacity
opacity(value: number | Resource)
Sets the opacity of the component.
**Widget capability**: Since API version 9, this feature is supported in ArkTS widgets.
**System capability**: SystemCapability.ArkUI.ArkUI.Full
**Parameters**
| Name| Type | Mandatory| Description |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| value | number \| [Resource](ts-types.md#resource) | Yes | Opacity of the component. The value ranges from 0 to 1. The value **1** means opaque, and **0** means completely transparent. When being completely transparent, the component is hidden, but still takes up space in the layout.
Default value: **1**
**NOTE**
A component inherits the opacity setting from its parent component and multiplies it by its own setting. For example, if the opacity of a component is 0.8 and that of its parent component is 0.1, then the actual opacity of the component is 0.1 x 0.8 = 0.8.|
## Example
```ts
// xxx.ets
@Entry
@Component
struct OpacityExample {
build() {
Column({ space: 5 }) {
Text('opacity(1)').fontSize(9).width('90%').fontColor(0xCCCCCC)
Text().width('90%').height(50).opacity(1).backgroundColor(0xAFEEEE)
Text('opacity(0.7)').fontSize(9).width('90%').fontColor(0xCCCCCC)
Text().width('90%').height(50).opacity(0.7).backgroundColor(0xAFEEEE)
Text('opacity(0.4)').fontSize(9).width('90%').fontColor(0xCCCCCC)
Text().width('90%').height(50).opacity(0.4).backgroundColor(0xAFEEEE)
Text('opacity(0.1)').fontSize(9).width('90%').fontColor(0xCCCCCC)
Text().width('90%').height(50).opacity(0.1).backgroundColor(0xAFEEEE)
Text('opacity(0)').fontSize(9).width('90%').fontColor(0xCCCCCC)
Text().width('90%').height(50).opacity(0).backgroundColor(0xAFEEEE)
}
.width('100%')
.padding({ top: 5 })
}
}
```
