Opacity in printed documents

I want to print white text on a blue background in indesign, and I'm trying use the companies website color
as the blue background. when i go to print, however, the printed blue bg is many shades deeper than the blue
that appears on the web. Can I reduce the opacity of the blue in the printed document to get it closer to the
web blue? There is no other color or image behind the blue backgroud in the printed document. I assume that
since the paper that I will print to is white, the reduced opacity of the blue background will make the blue appear
lighter. Is this correct?

How was it printed?
Did the color look correct on your monitor BEFORE it was printed? Was it defined as an RGB, CMYK or Spot color? Remember though, that without a calibrated monitor and proper color management, what you see on screen is meaningless when you go to print. Taking an electronic file means nothing. You are providing a set of numbers that define a color, but not providing a key for how to interpet those numbers, and without that information the numbers will be presumed to belong to the color space in use on the output device.
There are two places where one can adjust "opacity" of a color in ID. The first is in the effects panel where you set a true opacity setting to make a transparent object. Applying transparency is almost certainly NOT the correct way to lighten this color. Creating a TINT (sometimes referred to as a screen) of the color is much more straightforward and will accomplish the same thing (letting the paper show through) without introducing the added file complexity of transparency that can be a real headache with some printers.
Tints can be applied to colors for which there are swatches defined. if there is not already a swatch, you can select the object and open the color panel, then choose "add swatch" from the panel menu to add just that color, or select "add unnamed colors" from the Swatches Panel menu to add a swatch for every color combination used in the document which currently is not already included. In the upper right of the Swatches Panel there's a field marked tint with a percentage slider. Once added to the swatches the same color will appear by default in the Color Panel as a single color ramp that does the same thing. You can also select a swatch and choose make new tint swatch from the panel menu if you know the tint you would like to use (or make a guess -- you can edit the swatch at any time) and that will be available to apply like any other swatch.
Transparency should only be used when you want interaction with something behind that color. Since this is the background there is nothing behind for interaction.

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