For more complex color/style transformation logic, it's always good to use it from a separate npm module (or) create one.
For darkening scales in CSS you can use chroma-js
module
import chroma from 'chroma-js'
const alpha = (color) => (a) => chroma(color).alpha(a).css();
const darken = alpha('#000');
const shade = [
darken(0),
darken(1 / 8),
darken(1 / 4)
// More...
];
const blueAlpha = [
alpha(blue)(0),
alpha(blue)(1 / 4),
alpha(blue)(1 / 2),
alpha(blue)(3 / 4),
alpha(blue)(1)
];