1. Backgrounds
  2. background-size

Backgrounds

background-size

Utilities for controlling the background size of an element's background image.

ClassStyles
bg-auto
background-size: auto;
bg-cover
background-size: cover;
bg-contain
background-size: contain;
bg-(<custom-property>)
background-size: var(<custom-property>);
bg-[<value>]
background-size: <value>;

Examples

Filling the container

Use the bg-cover utility to scale the background image until it fills the background layer, cropping the image if needed:

<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-cover bg-center"></div>

Filling without cropping

Use the bg-contain utility to scale the background image to the outer edges without cropping or stretching:

<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-contain bg-center"></div>

Using the default size

Use the bg-auto utility to display the background image at its default size:

<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-auto bg-center bg-no-repeat"></div>

Using a custom value

Use the bg-[<value>] syntax to set the background image size based on a completely custom value:

<div class="bg-[200px_100px] ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

For CSS variables, you can also use the bg-(<custom-property>) syntax:

<div class="bg-(--my-image-size) ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

This is just a shorthand for bg-[var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.

Responsive design

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

<div class="bg-auto md:bg-contain ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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