CSS background properties help us style the background of elements. The CSS background property is a shorthand for specifying the background of an element. background-color, background-image, background-repeat, background-position, background-clip, background-size, background-origin and background-attachment together comprise the CSS background properties.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS background property is as follows−
Selector { background: /*value*/ }
Example
The following examples illustrate CSS background property −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> #main { margin: auto; width: 300px; background-image: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/hadoop/images/hadoop-mini-logo.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } #im { height: 200px; width: 200px; background-image: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/css.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="main"> <div id="im"></div> </div> </body> </html>
Output
This gives the following output −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> body { background-image: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/hcatalog/images/hcatalog-mini- logo.jpg"),url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/hbase/images/hbase-mini-logo.jpg"),url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/hadoop/images/hadoop-mini-logo.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: 10% 10%, 40% 40%, 90% 10%; } </style> </head> <body> </body> </html>
Output
This gives the following output