📄 tailwindcss/docs/background-blend-mode
File: background-blend-mode.md | Updated: 11/15/2025
Source: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/background-blend-mode
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- Effects
- background-blend-mode
Effects
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; |
| bg-blend-difference | background-blend-mode: difference; |
| bg-blend-exclusion | background-blend-mode: exclusion; |
| bg-blend-hue | background-blend-mode: hue; |
| bg-blend-saturation | background-blend-mode: saturation; |
| bg-blend-color | background-blend-mode: color; |
| bg-blend-luminosity | background-blend-mode: luminosity; |
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Basic example
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>
Responsive design
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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