se vuoi un effetto corrispondente alla proprietà opacity
se vuoi un colore di sfondo semitrasparentecodice:<!--[if lte IE 8]> <style type="text/css"> #mioDiv { -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=50)"; filter: alpha(opacity=50);zoom:1; } </style><![endif]-->
<!--[if lte IE 8]><style type="text/css">
#content{
background: transparent;-ms-filter: "progidXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=# 7FFFFFFF,endColorstr=#7FFFFFFF)"; /* IE8 */
filter: progidXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=# 7FFFFFFF,endColorstr=#7FFFFFFF); /* IE6 & 7 */ zoom: 1; }</style><![endif]-->
un link: http://kimili.com/journal/rgba-hsla-...rnet-explorer/