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CSS

Kenny Parewijck
Kenny Parewijck
4,602 Points
Posted by Kenny Parewijck
Kenny Parewijck
4,602 Points

background shade shades not only the background..

Hi!

I am having troubles with a background shade. i would like to add a black background to my div container that wrappes the logo and nav. Then I would like to add an opacity so that the background fades into a black simpel light blur and the background images comes true.

For some reason the opacity property shades everyting in my wrapping logo nav container..

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Instashoot</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css">
    <!-- Hier komen de fonts -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="responsive.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <div class="main-header">
        <div class="container-logo-nav">
            <img class="logo" src="images/logo-02.png" alt="" />
            <div class="nav">
              <ul class="nav-ul">
                <li>Pricing</li>
                <li>Help</li>
              </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="container-titles-ctas">
            <h1></h1>
            <p></p>
            <div class="ctas">
              <a href="#"></a>
              <a href="#"></a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="container-meer-weten">
        <div class="col-one">
          <h2></h2>
          <p></p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-two">
          <img src="" alt="" />
          <h3></h3>
          <p></p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-tree">
          <img src="" alt="" />
          <h3></h3>
          <p></p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-four">
          <img src="" alt="" />
          <h3></h3>
          <p></p>
        </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

* {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  border: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

img {max-width: 100%;}

ul,ol,li {
  padding: 0;
  margin:0;
  border: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.main-header {
  width: 100%;
  height: 710px;
  background-image: url(images/QIRDYNRF06.jpg);
  background-position: center;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid grey;
}

.container-logo-nav {
  background-color: black;
  opacity: 0.3;
}

.logo {
  max-width: 130px;
  padding: 0.3em;
  margin: 1em;
}

.nav {
  text-align: right;
  margin-right: 2em;
  margin-top: 1em;
  width: 30%;
  text-align: right;
  float: right;
}

.nav-ul li{
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 0.3em;
  margin-left: 0.6em;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 0.85em;
  color: white;
}

2 Answers

Adam Hill
Adam Hill
7,492 Points
Adam Hill
Adam Hill
7,492 Points

Opacity will affect the whole object and everything in it, you can use a semi-transparent background-color instead

.container-logo-nav {
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}