css properties 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.

Syntax

/* 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;

/* 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.

Formal definition

Initial valuenormal
Applies toAll elements. In SVG, it applies to container elements, graphics elements and graphics referencing elements. [SVG11]
Inheritedno
Computed valueas specified

Formal syntax

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

Examples

Effect of different mix-blend-mode values

Using mix-blend-mode with 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

.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;
}

Using mix-blend-mode with SVG

SVG

<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

circle {
  mix-blend-mode: screen;
}
.isolate {
  isolation: isolate;
} /* Without isolation, the background color will be taken into account */

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

<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

@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;
}

See also