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Backgrounds

Background Clip

Utilities for controlling the bounding box of an element's background.

Quick reference

ClassDescription
bg-clip-border-webkit-background-clip: border-box background-clip: border-box
bg-clip-padding-webkit-background-clip: padding-box background-clip: padding-box
bg-clip-content-webkit-background-clip: content-box background-clip: content-box
bg-clip-text-webkit-background-clip: text background-clip: text

Basic usage

Setting the background clip

Use the bg-clip-{keyword} utilities to control the bounding box of an element’s background.

bg-clip-border

Visual example of bg-clip-border

bg-clip-padding

Visual example of bg-clip-padding

bg-clip-content

Visual example of bg-clip-content
html
<div class="bg-clip-border ... "></div>
<div class="bg-clip-padding ... "></div>
<div class="bg-clip-content ... "></div>

Cropping to text

Use bg-clip-text to crop an element’s background to match the shape of the text. Useful for effects where you want a background image to be visible through the text.

Warp speed
html
<span class="bg-clip-text bg-cover text-transparent bg-[url(...)]">
  Warp speed
</span>