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background-blend-mode

Utilities for controlling how an element's background image should blend with its background color.

ClassStyles
bg-blend-normal
background-blend-mode: normal;

| | bg-blend-multiply |

background-blend-mode: multiply;

| | bg-blend-screen |

background-blend-mode: screen;

| | bg-blend-overlay |

background-blend-mode: overlay;

| | bg-blend-darken |

background-blend-mode: darken;

| | bg-blend-lighten |

background-blend-mode: lighten;

| | bg-blend-color-dodge |

background-blend-mode: color-dodge;

| | bg-blend-color-burn |

background-blend-mode: color-burn;

| | bg-blend-hard-light |

background-blend-mode: hard-light;

| | bg-blend-soft-light |

background-blend-mode: soft-light;

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Use utilities like bg-blend-difference and bg-blend-saturation to control how the background image and color of an element are blended:

bg-blend-multiply

bg-blend-soft-light

bg-blend-overlay

<div class="bg-blue-500 bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-blend-multiply ..."></div><div class="bg-blue-500 bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-blend-soft-light ..."></div><div class="bg-blue-500 bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-blend-overlay ..."></div>

Prefix a background-blend-mode utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="bg-blue-500 bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-blend-lighten md:bg-blend-darken ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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