background-blend-mode
Utilities for controlling how an element's background image should blend with its background color.
| Class | Styles |
|---|---|
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;
|
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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