Doh! - Fading Backgrounds
The problem was that I used rgba(255, 255, 255, x)
for the background color. Apparently, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9)
is whiter than the #f8f8f8
that I was already using. The rgb()
equivalent of #f8f8f8
is rgb(248, 248, 248)
.