CSS | background-blend-mode Property

Last Updated : 06 Aug, 2019

The background-blend-mode Property defines how the element’s background image should blend with each other and with the element’s background-color.
Syntax:

background-blend-mode: normal|multiply|screen|darken|lighten|
color-dodge|saturation|difference|luminosity|overlay;

Property:

Normal: This is default value. It sets the blending mode to normal.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: normal;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: normal; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Multiply:It sets the blending mode to multiply. This leads to a darker image than before.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: multiply;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: multiply; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Screen:It sets the blending mode to screen. In this mode both image and color is inverted, multiplied and then inverted. again.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: screen;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: screen; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Darken:It sets the blending mode to darken. In this mode if the background-image is darker than the background-color then the image is replaced, otherwise, it is left as it was.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: darken;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: darken; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Lighten:It sets the blending mode to lighten. In this mode if the background-image is lighter than the background-color then the image is replaced, otherwise it is left as it was.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: lighten;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: lighten; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Color-Dodge:It sets the blending mode to color-dodge. In this mode, the background-color is divided by the inverse of the background-image. This is very similar to the screen blend mode.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: color-dodge;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: color-dodge; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Saturation:It sets the blending mode to lighten. This mode keeps the saturation of the background-image whilst mixing the hue and luminosity of the background color.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: saturation;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: saturation; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Difference:It sets the blending mode to difference. This mode is the result by subtracting the darker color of the background-image and the background-color from the lightest one. Often the image will have very high contrast.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: difference;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: difference; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Luminosity:It sets the blending mode to luminosity. In this mode, the luminosity of the top color is preserved whilst using the saturation and hue of the background-color.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: luminosity;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: luminosity; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Overlay:It sets the blending mode to overlay. In this mode the background-color is mixed with the background-image to reflect the lightness or darkness of the backdrop.

Syntax:
```
background-blend-mode: Overlay;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>background-blend-mode Property</title> 
    <style> 
        #myDIV { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 299px; 
            background-color: green; 
            background-repeat: no-repeat; 
            background-image:  
url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-logo.png"); 
            background-blend-mode: overlay; 
            background-size: contain; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div id="myDIV"></div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by backgroud-blend-mode property are listed below:

Google Chrome 35.0
Firefox 30.0
Opera 22.0
Apple Safari 7.1

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