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CSS Background Properties


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 −

CSS Background Properties

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

CSS Background Properties