mix-blend-mode

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.

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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 valuenormal
Applies toall elements
Inheritedno
Computed valueas specified
Animation typeNot animatable
Creates stacking contextyes

Formal syntax

mix-blend-mode = 
  <blend-mode>  |
  plus-darker   |
  plus-lighter  

<blend-mode> = 
  normal       |
  multiply     |
  screen       |
  overlay      |
  darken       |
  lighten      |
  color-dodge  |
  color-burn   |
  hard-light   |
  soft-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 url("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 Level 2
# mix-blend-mode

Browser compatibility

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See also