Weird effect in a <Text> with background color with alpha and padding

[dani-mp]

Environment

React Native Environment Info:
System:
OS: macOS 10.14.1
CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4258U CPU @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 39.92 MB / 8.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 9.7.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v9.7.1/bin/node
Yarn: 1.2.1 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v9.7.1/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 12.0, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.0, watchOS 5.0
Android SDK:
Build Tools: 21.1.2, 22.0.1, 23.0.1, 23.0.3, 25.0.0, 25.0.2, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 27.0.1, 27.0.3, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
API Levels: 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.2 AI-181.5540.7.32.5056338
Xcode: 10.0/10A254a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.6.0 => 16.6.0
react-native: ^0.57.3 => 0.57.3
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Description

Rendering a <Text /> styled with a background color with alpha and some padding creates a weird effect easily appreciable.

Reproducible Demo

https://snack.expo.io/@danielmartin/dGV4dC

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[Gerhut]

Same issue

[rickhanlonii]

Confirmed the issue, my guess is that we're adding the style to the bounding view and the text view so the two layered transparent styles are being applied, causing the inner style to be darker

[stale]

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