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CSS

Posted by sakatagintoki
sakatagintoki
12,624 Points

Translucent Gradients with CSS?

Is it possible to create translucent gradients with CSS?

I want to create an effect like this: https://www.icloud.com/

I opened up the dev tools and it seems the translucent gradient effect was created in something like photoshop and the image was applied as a background.

But is there any way to do this with CSS?

Thx ~Jay

1 Answer

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Jay,

Yes, it is possible to create transparent gradients as overlays for images using just CSS.

<div>
    <h1>Hello, I'm an h1 inside a div</h1>
</div>

div {
    background: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 169, 73, .5), rgba(255, 255, 255, .5)),
                          url("path/to/an/image") no-repeat center;
    background-size: cover;
}

The key here is to use rgba values for the colors in your gradient, which will allow you to control their transparency via their alpha value (the '.5' in this example).

Guil goes over some different CSS gradient examples in a few of the courses, I believe, but check out the one in the "Designing with the Latest Features" section of the CSS Basics Course for a quick, succinct rundown.

Erik