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[css-color-5] Serialization of the alpha() function is not specified

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The serialization of the newly added alpha() RCS function is not specified. All the other RCS color functions have serialization rules specified in https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color-5/#serial-relative-color, and alpha() needs this as well.

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