Configure tkinter/ttk widgets with transparent backgrounds

Tkinter has many feature attributes and properties to frame the structure of an application and configure the widget. In this article, we will see how to set Tkinter widgets with a transparent background. The wm_attributes('-transparentcolor', 'color') method is used for providing the transparent background to the widget.

Example

In this example, we will create a Label widget with transparent background.

#Import the required libraries
from tkinter import *

#Create an instance of Tkinter Frame
win = Tk()

#Set the geometry
win.geometry("700x350")

#Adding transparent background property
win.wm_attributes('-transparentcolor', '#ab23ff')

#Create a Label
Label(win, text= "Hello World!", font= ('Helvetica 18'), bg= '#ab23ff').pack(ipadx= 50, ipady=50, padx= 20)

win.mainloop()

Output

Running the above code will display a window that contains a Label with transparent background.