File: backface-visibility.md | Updated: 11/15/2025
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Utilities for controlling if an element's backface is visible.
| Class | Styles |
| --- | --- |
| backface-hidden | backface-visibility: hidden; |
| backface-visible | backface-visibility: visible; |
Use the backface-visible utility to show the backface of an element, like a cube, even when it's rotated away from view:
backface-hidden
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backface-visible
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<div class="size-20 ..."> <div class="translate-z-12 rotate-x-0 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">1</div> <div class="-translate-z-12 rotate-y-18 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">2</div> <div class="translate-x-12 rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">3</div> <div class="-translate-x-12 -rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">4</div> <div class="-translate-y-12 rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">5</div> <div class="translate-y-12 -rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">6</div></div><div class="size-20 ..."> <div class="translate-z-12 rotate-x-0 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">1</div> <div class="-translate-z-12 rotate-y-18 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">2</div> <div class="translate-x-12 rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">3</div> <div class="-translate-x-12 -rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">4</div> <div class="-translate-y-12 rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">5</div> <div class="translate-y-12 -rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">6</div></div>
Prefix a backface-visibility utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:
<div class="backface-visible md:backface-hidden ..."> <!-- ... --></div>
Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .
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