SCSS: Mixin for Transparency in most Browsers

gistfile1.scss

@mixin transparent($color, $alpha) {
  $rgba: rgba($color, $alpha);
  $ie-hex-str: ie-hex-str($rgba);
  background-color: transparent;
  background-color: $rgba;
  filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#{$ie-hex-str},endColorstr=#{$ie-hex-str});
  zoom: 1;
}