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CSS

Posted by mryoung
mryoung
4,156 Points

What's the best way to darken this image?

I have an image that I've put in a div class "entertainment". Within the div this image is the background image, and it has white text on top of it. Unfortunately the image is too bright so that the words blend in to the image too easily.

How can I get better contrast between the image and text? I'm following along with the CSS basics and this is the scenario I'm trying to recreate, but in the video the image used looks darkened/like there's an overlay on top of it. How can I get similar results?

Here's my CSS:

.entertainment {

color : white;
text-align: left;
padding: 18% 24%;
margin: 105px 0 60px;
border-top: 10px solid green;
display: inline-block;
background: #434a52 url('images/guide.jpg') no-repeat center;
background-size:cover;

2 Answers

Rachel Lev
Rachel Lev
14,583 Points
Rachel Lev
Rachel Lev
14,583 Points 
Try linear-gradient:
background: linear-gradient( rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) ), url('images/guide.jpg');
Justin O'Brien
Justin O'Brien
9,291 Points
Justin O'Brien
Justin O'Brien
9,291 Points

Try adding the filter property to your CSS, like this:

myimage {

filter: brightness(50%);

}