diff --git a/src/components/style_switcher/style_switcher.js b/src/components/style_switcher/style_switcher.js
index 602a635e..9fe1bf59 100644
--- a/src/components/style_switcher/style_switcher.js
+++ b/src/components/style_switcher/style_switcher.js
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ const v1OnlyNames = [
   'cOrange'
 ].map(_ => _ + 'ColorLocal')
 
+const colorConvert = (color) => {
+  if (color === 'transparent') {
+    return color
+  } else {
+    return hex2rgb(color)
+  }
+}
+
 export default {
   data () {
     return {
@@ -228,36 +236,36 @@ export default {
 
       // fgsfds :DDDD
       const fgs = {
-        text: hex2rgb(colors.text),
-        panelText: hex2rgb(colors.panelText),
-        panelLink: hex2rgb(colors.panelLink),
-        btnText: hex2rgb(colors.btnText),
-        topBarText: hex2rgb(colors.topBarText),
-        inputText: hex2rgb(colors.inputText),
+        text: colorConvert(colors.text),
+        panelText: colorConvert(colors.panelText),
+        panelLink: colorConvert(colors.panelLink),
+        btnText: colorConvert(colors.btnText),
+        topBarText: colorConvert(colors.topBarText),
+        inputText: colorConvert(colors.inputText),
 
-        link: hex2rgb(colors.link),
-        topBarLink: hex2rgb(colors.topBarLink),
+        link: colorConvert(colors.link),
+        topBarLink: colorConvert(colors.topBarLink),
 
-        red: hex2rgb(colors.cRed),
-        green: hex2rgb(colors.cGreen),
-        blue: hex2rgb(colors.cBlue),
-        orange: hex2rgb(colors.cOrange)
+        red: colorConvert(colors.cRed),
+        green: colorConvert(colors.cGreen),
+        blue: colorConvert(colors.cBlue),
+        orange: colorConvert(colors.cOrange)
       }
 
       const bgs = {
-        bg: hex2rgb(colors.bg),
-        underlay: hex2rgb(colors.underlay),
-        btn: hex2rgb(colors.btn),
-        panel: hex2rgb(colors.panel),
-        topBar: hex2rgb(colors.topBar),
-        input: hex2rgb(colors.input),
-        alertError: hex2rgb(colors.alertError),
-        alertWarning: hex2rgb(colors.alertWarning),
-        badgeNotification: hex2rgb(colors.badgeNotification)
+        bg: colorConvert(colors.bg),
+        underlay: colorConvert(colors.underlay),
+        btn: colorConvert(colors.btn),
+        panel: colorConvert(colors.panel),
+        topBar: colorConvert(colors.topBar),
+        input: colorConvert(colors.input),
+        alertError: colorConvert(colors.alertError),
+        alertWarning: colorConvert(colors.alertWarning),
+        badgeNotification: colorConvert(colors.badgeNotification)
       }
 
       const bg = [bgs.bg, opacity.bg]
-      const underlay = [bgs.underlay, opacity.underlay]
+      const underlay = [bgs.underlay || colorConvert('#000000'), opacity.underlay]
 
       const panel = [underlay, bg]
 
@@ -443,7 +451,7 @@ export default {
      */
     normalizeLocalState (originalInput, version = 0) {
       let input
-      if (typeof originalInput.v3compat !== undefined) {
+      if (typeof originalInput.v3compat !== 'undefined') {
         version = 3
         input = merge(originalInput, originalInput.v3compat)
       } else {
@@ -574,7 +582,7 @@ export default {
         this.previewColors = generateColors({
           v3compat: this.currentCompat,
           opacity: this.currentOpacity,
-          colors: this.currentColors,
+          colors: this.currentColors
         })
       } catch (e) {
         console.warn(e)
diff --git a/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js b/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js
index 757a36bd..32b4d50e 100644
--- a/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js
+++ b/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const rgb2hex = (r, g, b) => {
   if (r === null || typeof r === 'undefined') {
     return undefined
   }
-  if (r[0] === '#') {
+  // TODO: clean up this mess
+  if (r[0] === '#' || r === 'transparent') {
     return r
   }
   if (typeof r === 'object') {
diff --git a/src/services/style_setter/style_setter.js b/src/services/style_setter/style_setter.js
index 8740fc55..df22f94f 100644
--- a/src/services/style_setter/style_setter.js
+++ b/src/services/style_setter/style_setter.js
@@ -170,23 +170,32 @@ export const generateCompat = (input) => {
   }
 }
 
-const generateColors = (input) => {
+const generateColors = (themeData) => {
   const colors = {}
-  const opacity = Object.assign({
+  const rawOpacity = Object.assign({
     alert: 0.5,
     input: 0.5,
     faint: 0.5,
     underlay: 0.15
-  }, Object.entries(input.opacity || {}).reduce((acc, [k, v]) => {
+  }, Object.entries(themeData.opacity || {}).reduce((acc, [k, v]) => {
     if (typeof v !== 'undefined') {
       acc[k] = v
     }
     return acc
   }, {}))
 
-  const inputColors = input.colors || input
+  const inputColors = themeData.colors || themeData
 
-  const compat = input.v3compat || {}
+  const transparentsOpacity = Object.entries(inputColors).reduce((acc, [k, v]) => {
+    if (v === 'transparent') {
+      acc[k] = 0
+    }
+    return acc
+  }, {})
+
+  const opacity = { ...rawOpacity, ...transparentsOpacity }
+
+  const compat = themeData.v3compat || {}
   const compatColors = Object.entries(compat.colors || {}).reduce((acc, [key, value]) => {
     const newVal = value === null ? undefined : value
     return { ...acc, [key]: newVal }
@@ -196,15 +205,22 @@ const generateColors = (input) => {
     if (typeof v === 'object') {
       acc[k] = v
     } else {
-      acc[k] = hex2rgb(v)
+      let value = v
+      if (v === 'transparent') {
+        value = '#FF00FF'
+      }
+      acc[k] = hex2rgb(value)
     }
     return acc
   }, {})
 
-  const isLightOnDark = convert(col.bg).hsl.l < convert(col.text).hsl.l
+  colors.bg = col.bg
+  colors.underlay = col.underlay || hex2rgb('#000000')
+  colors.text = col.text
+
+  const isLightOnDark = convert(colors.bg).hsl.l < convert(colors.text).hsl.l
   const mod = isLightOnDark ? 1 : -1
 
-  colors.text = col.text
   colors.lightText = brightness(20 * mod, colors.text).rgb
 
   colors.accent = col.accent || col.link
@@ -212,17 +228,15 @@ const generateColors = (input) => {
 
   colors.faint = col.faint || Object.assign({}, col.text)
 
-  colors.bg = col.bg
   colors.lightBg = col.lightBg || brightness(5 * mod, colors.bg).rgb
 
-  const underlay = [col.underlay, opacity.underlay]
+  const underlay = [colors.underlay, opacity.underlay]
   const fg = [col.fg, opacity.fg]
   const bg = [col.bg, opacity.bg]
 
   colors.fg = col.fg
   colors.fgText = col.fgText || getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.text, [underlay, bg, fg]), colors.text)
   colors.fgLink = col.fgLink || getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.link, [underlay, bg, fg]), colors.link, true)
-  colors.underlay = col.underlay || hex2rgb('#000000')
 
   colors.border = col.border || brightness(2 * mod, colors.fg).rgb
 
@@ -231,8 +245,8 @@ const generateColors = (input) => {
   colors.btnText = col.btnText || getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.fgText, [underlay, bg, fg, btn]), colors.fgText)
 
   colors.input = col.input || Object.assign({}, col.fg)
-  const inputCol = [colors.input, opacity.input]
-  colors.inputText = col.inputText || getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.lightText, [underlay, bg, fg, inputCol]), colors.lightText)
+  const input = [colors.input, opacity.input]
+  colors.inputText = col.inputText || getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.lightText, [underlay, bg, fg, input]), colors.lightText)
 
   colors.panel = col.panel || Object.assign({}, col.fg)
   const panel = [colors.panel, opacity.panel]
@@ -256,12 +270,14 @@ const generateColors = (input) => {
   colors.cOrange = col.cOrange || hex2rgb('#E3FF00')
 
   colors.alertError = col.alertError || Object.assign({}, colors.cRed)
-  colors.alertErrorText = getTextColor(alphaBlend(colors.alertError, opacity.alert, colors.bg), colors.text)
-  colors.alertErrorPanelText = getTextColor(alphaBlend(colors.alertError, opacity.alert, colors.panel), colors.panelText)
+  const alertError = [colors.alertError, opacity.alert]
+  colors.alertErrorText = getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.text, [underlay, bg, alertError]), colors.text)
+  colors.alertErrorPanelText = getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.panelText, [underlay, bg, panel, panel, alertError]), colors.panelText)
 
   colors.alertWarning = col.alertWarning || Object.assign({}, colors.cOrange)
-  colors.alertWarningText = getTextColor(alphaBlend(colors.alertWarning, opacity.alert, colors.bg), colors.text)
-  colors.alertWarningPanelText = getTextColor(alphaBlend(colors.alertWarning, opacity.alert, colors.panel), colors.panelText)
+  const alertWarning = [colors.alertWarning, opacity.alert]
+  colors.alertWarningText = getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.text, [underlay, bg, alertWarning]), colors.text)
+  colors.alertWarningPanelText = getTextColor(alphaBlendLayers(colors.panelText, [underlay, bg, panel, panel, alertWarning]), colors.panelText)
 
   colors.badgeNotification = col.badgeNotification || Object.assign({}, colors.cRed)
   colors.badgeNotificationText = contrastRatio(colors.badgeNotification).rgb
diff --git a/static/themes/breezy-dark.json b/static/themes/breezy-dark.json
index 7ce41384..0ed55184 100644
--- a/static/themes/breezy-dark.json
+++ b/static/themes/breezy-dark.json
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@
     },
     "fonts": {},
     "opacity": {
-      "input": "1",
-      "panel": "0"
+      "input": "1"
+    },
+    "v3compat": {
+      "colors": {
+        "panel": "transparent"
+      }
     },
     "colors": {
       "bg": "#31363b",
diff --git a/static/themes/breezy-light.json b/static/themes/breezy-light.json
index dc43f90e..5db185dd 100644
--- a/static/themes/breezy-light.json
+++ b/static/themes/breezy-light.json
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
     "opacity": {
       "input": "1"
     },
+    "v3compat": {
+      "colors": {
+        "panel": "transparent"
+      }
+    },
     "colors": {
       "bg": "#eff0f1",
       "text": "#232627",