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mix-blend-mode CSS property

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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.

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The mix-blend-mode CSS property sets how an element's content should blend with its backdrop — the content rendered behind the element within the same stacking context.

Note: This property blends the element with content behind it in the stacking context. To blend an element's own background layers with each other, use background-blend-mode instead.

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

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

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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

Specification
Compositing and Blending Module Level 2>
# mix-blend-mode>

Browser compatibility

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