UI Text Field Design - ios

So, I was trying to mimic a video that uses sketch to design a login screen I really like. I had a question about how I can make a text field in Xcode look like the one that is being designed in the video.
Here is the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_hFHkhqFM&t=87s
Here is a picture of the text field I want to design:
Any help is appreciated!

This is how to do it in the storyboard
Find/Create a blurry image and set it as an image view's image. Fill the view with the image view and add constraints. Add a new text field on top of the image view. Set these things:
border style to none
Text color to white
Background color to a black color with an alpha value and tint color to white as well.
This can be set by using the RGB slider in the color picker. Use the slider at the very bottom to adjust the alpha:

The easiest way to do it is to add a UIView with a black background. Set its alpha to 0.7.
Then add a UITextField on top. Set its border style to none, then the background color to clear.
You're done!

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In the storyboard when I set the background to the colour I want with an alpha component even the text of the label that is in white colour becomes lighter with the alpha component.
To overcome this problem I embedded the label in a UIView and even then the same problem persists.
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Assume that we are talking about v1 the view that contains your label , if v1 is over another view that has bright colors then when your v1's alpha get lower your label white text color will become harder to see , the text color has nothing to do with the background alpha component , so you need to reconsider using the white color or the alpha component background or the view that is behind v1 make it darker that's all we can say

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alphaView.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.5)
Label shouldn't be transparent then. Ofc you need to set your label background color to clear.
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I have no clue how to change setup.
Screenshot is included.
Also the Alpha is same for the Toolbar and the result is same , icon image of button is also light.
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