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In this beginner-friendly blog post, we will learn how to remove the background from an image using only CSS, specifically the mix-blend-mode property. This technique is useful for creating interesting visual effects and improving the performance of your website by reducing the need for edited images.
Why this trick is important?
When you download a .png file, you might expect it to have a transparent background. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes, a .png file might have a solid background color, such as white or black.
In such cases, you can use the mix-blend-mode property to remove the solid background color and create the appearance of a transparent background.
What is mix-blend-mode?
mix-blend-mode is a CSS property that defines how the content of an element should blend with the content of the element's parent and its background. With this, you can create nice blends and colors for parts of an element's content depending on its direct background Checkout this article
To remove the background from an image, we will use the mix-blend-mode property with the value multiply. This value will remove the whiter parts of the image. Here's an example:
Image inside div:
Image inside div with mix-blend-multiply:
Similarly out can write this with TailwindCSS
In this tutorial, we learned how to remove the background from an image using only CSS and the mix-blend-mode property. This technique allows for greater design flexibility, improved performance, and better SEO benefits compared to using edited images. With this knowledge, you can create interesting visual effects on your website and improve the overall user experience.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by jeetvora331
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