Web/CSS/background-blend-mode

The background-blend-mode CSS property sets how an element's background images should blend with each other and with the element's background color.

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Blending modes should be defined in the same order as the background-image property. If the blending modes' and background images' list lengths are not equal, it will be repeated and/or truncated until lengths match.

Syntax

/* One value */
background-blend-mode: normal;

/* Two values, one per background */
background-blend-mode: darken, luminosity;

/* Global values */
background-blend-mode: initial;
background-blend-mode: inherit;
background-blend-mode: unset;

Values

<blend-mode>: The blending mode to be applied. There can be several values, separated by commas.

Formal definition

Initial value	`normal`
Applies to	All elements. In SVG, it applies to container elements, graphics elements, and graphics referencing elements.. It also applies to `::first-letter` and `::first-line`.
Inherited	no
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

<blend-mode>#where <blend-mode> = normal | multiply | screen | overlay | darken | lighten | color-dodge | color-burn | hard-light | soft-light | difference | exclusion | hue | saturation | color | luminosity

Examples

Basic example

.item {
    width: 300px;
    height: 300px;
    background: url('image1.png'),url('image2.png');
    background-blend-mode: screen;
}

Try out different blend modes

<div id="div"></div>
<select id="select">
    <option>normal</option>
    <option>multiply</option>
    <option selected>screen</option>
    <option>overlay</option>
    <option>darken</option>
    <option>lighten</option>
    <option>color-dodge</option>
    <option>color-burn</option>
    <option>hard-light</option>
    <option>soft-light</option>
    <option>difference</option>
    <option>exclusion</option>
    <option>hue</option>
    <option>saturation</option>
    <option>color</option>
    <option>luminosity</option>
</select>

#div {
    width: 300px;
    height: 300px;
    background: url('https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/8543/br.png'),url('https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/8545/tr.png');
    background-blend-mode: screen;
}

document.getElementById("select").onchange = function(event) {
    document.getElementById("div").style.backgroundBlendMode = document.getElementById("select").selectedOptions[0].innerHTML;
}
console.log(document.getElementById('div'));

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Compositing and Blending Level 1The definition of 'background-blend-mode' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`background-blend-mode`	Chrome Full support 35	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 30	IE No support No	Opera Full support 22	Safari Full support 8	WebView Android Full support ≤37	Chrome Android Full support 35	Firefox Android Full support 30	Opera Android Full support 22	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android Full support 3.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support