mix-blend-mode CSS property
Baseline
Widely available
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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.
The mix-blend-mode CSS property sets how an element's content should blend with the content of the element's parent and the element's background.
Try it
mix-blend-mode: normal;
mix-blend-mode: multiply;
mix-blend-mode: hard-light;
mix-blend-mode: difference;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
<div class="example-container">
<img id="example-element" src="../../../../../../shared-assets/images/examples/firefox-logo.svg" width="200">
</div>
</section>
.example-container {
background-color: sandybrown;
}
Syntax
css
/* Keyword values */
mix-blend-mode: normal;
mix-blend-mode: multiply;
mix-blend-mode: screen;
mix-blend-mode: overlay;
mix-blend-mode: darken;
mix-blend-mode: lighten;
mix-blend-mode: color-dodge;
mix-blend-mode: color-burn;
mix-blend-mode: hard-light;
mix-blend-mode: soft-light;
mix-blend-mode: difference;
mix-blend-mode: exclusion;
mix-blend-mode: hue;
mix-blend-mode: saturation;
mix-blend-mode: color;
mix-blend-mode: luminosity;
mix-blend-mode: plus-darker;
mix-blend-mode: plus-lighter;
/* Global values */
mix-blend-mode: inherit;
mix-blend-mode: initial;
mix-blend-mode: revert;
mix-blend-mode: revert-layer;
mix-blend-mode: unset;
Values
<blend-mode>-
The blending mode that should be applied.
plus-darker-
Blending using the plus-darker compositing operator.
plus-lighter-
Blending using the plus-lighter compositing operator. Useful for cross-fade effects (prevents unwanted blinking when two overlaying elements animate their opacity in opposite directions).
Formal definition
| Initial value | normal |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements |
| Inherited | no |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | Not animatable |
| Creates stacking context | yes |
Formal syntax
mix-blend-mode =
<blend-mode> |
plus-lighter
<blend-mode> =
normal |
darken |
multiply |
color-burn |
lighten |
screen |
color-dodge |
overlay |
soft-light |
hard-light |
difference |
exclusion |
hue |
saturation |
color |
luminosity
Examples
Effect of different mix-blend-mode values
Using mix-blend-mode with HTML
HTML
html
<div class="isolate">
<div class="circle circle-1"></div>
<div class="circle circle-2"></div>
<div class="circle circle-3"></div>
</div>
CSS
css
.circle {
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
border-radius: 50%;
mix-blend-mode: screen;
position: absolute;
}
.circle-1 {
background: red;
}
.circle-2 {
background: lightgreen;
left: 40px;
}
.circle-3 {
background: blue;
left: 20px;
top: 40px;
}
.isolate {
isolation: isolate; /* Without isolation, the background color will be taken into account */
position: relative;
}
Result
Using mix-blend-mode with SVG
SVG
html
<svg>
<g class="isolate">
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="40" fill="red" />
<circle cx="80" cy="40" r="40" fill="lightgreen" />
<circle cx="60" cy="80" r="40" fill="blue" />
</g>
</svg>
CSS
css
circle {
mix-blend-mode: screen;
}
.isolate {
isolation: isolate;
} /* Without isolation, the background color will be taken into account */
Result
Using mix-blend-mode with text
This example uses mix-blend-mode to blend text color with the background color of its parent element.
HTML
html
<div class="container">
<p>Mostly Harmless</p>
<p class="multiply">Mostly Harmless</p>
<p class="screen">Mostly Harmless</p>
<p class="hard-light">Mostly Harmless</p>
</div>
CSS
css
@import "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Rubik+Moonrocks&display=swap";
.container {
background-color: blue;
}
p {
font:
4rem "Rubik Moonrocks",
cursive;
font-weight: bold;
color: orange;
padding: 0.5rem;
margin: 0;
}
.multiply {
mix-blend-mode: multiply;
}
.screen {
mix-blend-mode: screen;
}
.hard-light {
mix-blend-mode: hard-light;
}
Result
Specifications
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| Compositing and Blending Module Level 2 # mix-blend-mode |
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- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.