How to add an Opacity selector to the color picker in Theme Settings

Hi,

I’m new to liquid, so I’m having trouble adding an opacity selector to the color picker UI. Currently, mine looks like this:

I would like to select opacity levels for the background colors. The theme I’m using is “Express”.

I’ve found this thread but I can’t work it out changing the liquid code (I actually don’t even know if I’m editing the right file).

Any insight?

Thank you