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1. Effects
2. mix-blend-mode

Effects

mix-blend-mode

Utilities for controlling how an element should blend with the background.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | mix-blend-normal | mix-blend-mode: normal; | | mix-blend-multiply | mix-blend-mode: multiply; | | mix-blend-screen | mix-blend-mode: screen; | | mix-blend-overlay | mix-blend-mode: overlay; | | mix-blend-darken | mix-blend-mode: darken; | | mix-blend-lighten | mix-blend-mode: lighten; | | mix-blend-color-dodge | mix-blend-mode: color-dodge; | | mix-blend-color-burn | mix-blend-mode: color-burn; | | mix-blend-hard-light | mix-blend-mode: hard-light; | | mix-blend-soft-light | mix-blend-mode: soft-light; | | mix-blend-difference | mix-blend-mode: difference; | | mix-blend-exclusion | mix-blend-mode: exclusion; | | mix-blend-hue | mix-blend-mode: hue; | | mix-blend-saturation | mix-blend-mode: saturation; | | mix-blend-color | mix-blend-mode: color; | | mix-blend-luminosity | mix-blend-mode: luminosity; | | mix-blend-plus-darker | mix-blend-mode: plus-darker; | | mix-blend-plus-lighter | mix-blend-mode: plus-lighter; |

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Examples

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Basic example

Use utilities like mix-blend-overlay and mix-blend-soft-light to control how an element's content and background is blended with other content in the same stacking context:

<div class="flex justify-center -space-x-14">  <div class="bg-blue-500 mix-blend-multiply ..."></div>  <div class="bg-pink-500 mix-blend-multiply ..."></div></div>

Isolating blending

Use the isolate utility on the parent element to create a new stacking context and prevent blending with content behind it:

<div class="isolate flex justify-center -space-x-14">  <div class="bg-yellow-500 mix-blend-multiply ..."></div>  <div class="bg-green-500 mix-blend-multiply ..."></div></div><div class="flex justify-center -space-x-14">  <div class="bg-yellow-500 mix-blend-multiply ..."></div>  <div class="bg-green-500 mix-blend-multiply ..."></div></div>

Responsive design

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

<div class="mix-blend-multiply md:mix-blend-overlay ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

On this page

• Quick reference

• Examples

  • Basic example

  • Isolating blending

  • Responsive design

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