📄 tailwindcss/docs/mask-clip

File: mask-clip.md | Updated: 11/15/2025

Source: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/mask-clip

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Effects

mask-clip

Utilities for controlling the bounding box of an element's mask.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | mask-clip-border | mask-clip: border-box; | | mask-clip-padding | mask-clip: padding-box; | | mask-clip-content | mask-clip: content-box; | | mask-clip-fill | mask-clip: fill-box; | | mask-clip-stroke | mask-clip: stroke-box; | | mask-clip-view | mask-clip: view-box; | | mask-no-clip | mask-clip: no-clip; |

Examples


Basic example

Use utilities like mask-clip-border, mask-clip-padding, and mask-clip-content to control the bounding box of an element's mask:

mask-clip-border

mask-clip-padding

mask-clip-content

<div class="mask-clip-border border-3 p-1.5 mask-[url(/img/circle.png)] bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] ..."></div><div class="mask-clip-padding border-3 p-1.5 mask-[url(/img/circle.png)] bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] ..."></div><div class="mask-clip-content border-3 p-1.5 mask-[url(/img/circle.png)] bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] ..."></div>

Responsive design

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

<div class="mask-clip-border md:mask-clip-padding ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

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