Opacity control in Figma - Real Business Scenario

Scenario Mode

👤 Your Role: You are a business analyst creating a sales performance dashboard.

📋 Request: Your manager wants you to design a dashboard where different sales regions are shown with varying opacity to highlight top performers clearly.

📊 Data: You have sales data by region and total sales amount. You will use opacity to visually emphasize regions with higher sales.

🎯 Deliverable: Create a dashboard in Figma that uses opacity control on region blocks to represent sales performance, with higher sales regions having higher opacity.

Sample Data

Region	Total Sales ($)
North	120000
South	90000
East	150000
West	70000
Central	110000

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Step 1: Open Figma and create a new frame sized 800x600 pixels for the dashboard.

Use the Frame tool and set width=800px, height=600px.

Expected Result

A blank frame of 800x600 pixels appears, ready for design.

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Step 2: Create five rectangles inside the frame, each representing a sales region.

Use the Rectangle tool to draw five equal-sized rectangles arranged vertically with spacing.

Expected Result

Five rectangles appear stacked vertically inside the frame.

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Step 3: Label each rectangle with the region name and total sales value from the sample data.

Use the Text tool to add region names and sales amounts on each rectangle: North - 120000, South - 90000, East - 150000, West - 70000, Central - 110000.

Expected Result

Each rectangle is clearly labeled with its region and sales amount.

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Step 4: Calculate the maximum sales value to normalize opacity levels.

Max sales = 150000 (East region).

Expected Result

Maximum sales value identified as 150000.

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Step 5: Set the opacity of each rectangle proportional to its sales compared to the maximum sales.

Opacity = (Region Sales / Max Sales). For example, East opacity = (150000/150000) = 1 (100%), West opacity = (70000/150000) ≈ 0.47 (47%).

Expected Result

Rectangles have varying opacity: East 100%, North 80%, Central 73%, South 60%, West 47%.

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Step 6: Apply a consistent fill color to all rectangles (e.g., blue) and adjust their opacity as calculated.

Select all rectangles, set fill color to blue (#0000FF), then set opacity individually as per step 5.

Expected Result

All rectangles are blue with different transparency levels reflecting sales.

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Step 7: Add a title at the top of the frame: 'Sales Performance by Region'.

Use Text tool, font size 24px, bold, centered at top.

Expected Result

Dashboard has a clear title at the top.

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Step 8: Review the dashboard for clarity and ensure higher sales regions stand out due to higher opacity.

Visually confirm East and North rectangles are more opaque and catch attention.

Expected Result

Dashboard clearly highlights top sales regions by opacity.

Final Result

East $150,000

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North $120,000

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Central $110,000

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South $90,000

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West $70,000

✓East region has the highest sales and is shown with full opacity.

✓West region has the lowest sales and is shown with the lowest opacity.

✓Opacity effectively highlights sales performance visually.

Bonus Challenge

Add a tooltip interaction in Figma that shows exact sales numbers when hovering over each region rectangle.

Show Hint

Use Figma's prototyping features to create hover overlays with text showing sales values.