Background Opacity In Tailwind CSS
In this article, we will provide an overview of the Tailwind Background Opacity class and how you can use it to control the opacity of an element’s background.
When it comes to creating stylish and modern web designs, background opacity is a crucial element. And in Tailwind CSS, this is easy to achieve with the Background Opacity class.
Tailwind Background Opacity
Tailwind CSS provides the bg-opacity-[amount] utility classes that you can use to control the opacity of the background of an element.
Tailwind Background Opacity class is designed to cover all properties in a class form and can describe the transparency of an element by specifying its background opacity.
Syntax
Here is the basic syntax of the Background Opacity class in Tailwind CSS:
<element class="bg-{opacity}"></element>Where {opacity} is the opacity value that you want to apply to the background of the element.
Tailwind Background Opacity Value
- background-opacity-0: By using the bg-opacity-[amount] utilities, you can control the opacity of the background of an element.
Note that the opacity value can range from 0 to 100 in five-step increments.
Let’s take a look at an example that demonstrates the use of the Background Opacity class on a yellow background:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="text-center mx-4 space-y-2">
<h1 class="text-gray-600 text-2xl font-semibold">
MrExamples
</h1>
<p class="font-semibold my-2">Background Opacity Class in Tailwind CSS</p>
<div class="mx-14 bg-gray-200 grid grid-rows-5
grid-flow-col text-center p-4 font-semibold">
<p class="p-2">
For Yellow Color
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-100 p-2">
bg-opacity-100
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-75 p-2">
bg-opacity-75
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-50 p-2">
bg-opacity-50
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-25 p-2">
bg-opacity-25
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In above example, we have set the background color of a <p> element to yellow and used the Background Opacity class to control the opacity of the background.
We have used different values of the bg-opacity-[amount] utility class to create a gradient effect, with the opacity decreasing gradually from 100 to 25.
An illustration of the bg-opacity class applied to a red background is presented in the following example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="text-center mx-4 space-y-2">
<h1 class="text-gray-600 text-2xl font-semibold">
MrExamples
</h1>
<p class="font-semibold my-2">Background Opacity Class in Tailwind CSS</p>
<div class="mx-14 bg-gray-200 grid grid-rows-5
grid-flow-col text-center p-4 font-semibold">
<p class="p-2">
For Red Color
</p>
<p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-100 p-2">
bg-opacity-100
</p>
<p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-75 p-2">
bg-opacity-75
</p><p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-50 p-2">
bg-opacity-50
</p>
<p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-25 p-2">
bg-opacity-25
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Below you can see how the blue background is blended with the bg-opacity class:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="text-center mx-4 space-y-2">
<h1 class="text-gray-600 text-2xl font-semibold">
MrExamples
</h1>
<p class="font-semibold my-2">Background Opacity Class in Tailwind CSS</p>
<div class="mx-14 bg-gray-200 grid grid-rows-5
grid-flow-col text-center p-4 font-semibold">
<p class="p-2">
For Blue Color
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-100 p-2">
bg-opacity-100
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-75 p-2">
bg-opacity-75
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-50 p-2">
bg-opacity-50
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-25 p-2">
bg-opacity-25
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The following example combines the examples above:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="text-center mx-4 space-y-2">
<h1 class="text-gray-600 text-2xl font-semibold">
MrExamples
</h1>
<p class="font-semibold my-2">Background Opacity Class in Tailwind CSS</p>
<div class="mx-14 bg-gray-200 grid grid-rows-5
grid-flow-col text-center p-4 font-semibold">
<p class="p-2">
For Yellow
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-100 p-2">
bg-opacity-100
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-75 p-2">
bg-opacity-75
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-50 p-2">
bg-opacity-50
</p>
<p class="bg-yellow-500
bg-opacity-25 p-2">
bg-opacity-25
</p>
<p class="p-2">
For Red
</p>
<p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-100 p-2">
bg-opacity-100
</p>
<p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-75 p-2">
bg-opacity-75
</p><p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-50 p-2">
bg-opacity-50
</p>
<p class="bg-red-600
bg-opacity-25 p-2">
bg-opacity-25
</p>
<p class="p-2">
For Blue
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-100 p-2">
bg-opacity-100
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-75 p-2">
bg-opacity-75
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-50 p-2">
bg-opacity-50
</p>
<p class="bg-blue-500
bg-opacity-25 p-2">
bg-opacity-25
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The Background Opacity class is an essential utility in Tailwind CSS that you can use to control the opacity of an element’s background.
With this utility, you can create stunning web designs that are both stylish and modern.
We hope this guide has been helpful to you and that you will be able to use the Background Opacity class in your future projects.
