background-position

Examples

Basic example

Reach for utilities such as bg-center, bg-right, and bg-top-left when you want to steer where an element's background image lands:

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bg-top-left

bg-top

bg-top-right

bg-left

bg-center

bg-right

bg-bottom-left

bg-bottom

bg-bottom-right

<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top-left"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top-right"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-left"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-center"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-right"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom-left"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom-right"></div>

Using a custom value

Reach for the bg-position-[<value>] syntax whenever you want to pin the background position to an entirely custom value:

<div class="bg-position-[center_top_1rem] ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

When you're working with CSS variables, the bg-position-(<custom-property>) syntax comes

<div class="bg-position-(--my-bg-position) ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Think of it as a tidy shorthand for bg-position-[var(<custom-property>)] that wires up the var() function on your behalf.

Responsive design

Add a breakpoint variant such as md: in front of any background-position utility so it only takes effect at medium screens and larger:

<div class="bg-center md:bg-top ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Read up on how to work with variants over variants reference guide.