mix-blend-mode

Summary

The mix-blend-mode CSS property describes how an element's content should blend with the content of the element's direct 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: initial;
mix-blend-mode: inherit;
mix-blend-mode: unset;

Values

<blend-mode>

Is a <blend-mode> denoting the blending mode that should be applied. There can be several values, separated by commas.

Formal syntax

<blend-mode>

Examples

<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>

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

Live result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <blend-mode>
• background-blend-mode