Css Make Modal transparent

How can I make modal window transparent and keep it's contents opaque.

Everything becomes transparent when using the following CSS rules:
div.v-window-coolModal .v-window-contents {
opacity: 0;
}
div.v-window-coolModal .v-button .v-button-wrap .v-icon {
opacity: 100;
}
div.v-window-coolModal, .v-button-wrap {
opacity: 100;
}

I'm trying to get a transparent model with opaque buttons.

Applying opacity will affect all child elements as well, instead, you could try using a rgba color instead.

div.v-window-coolModal .v-window-contents {
     
     /* Sane browsers */
     background: rgba(255,255,255,0.6);

     /* IE... */
    filter:progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#99000000, endColorstr=#99000000);
}

Thanks, your solution helped me realize that I was trying to over complicate the issue.
I eventually just went with:

div.v-window-coolModal .v-window-contents {
background: none;
}