Tailwind CSS Background Size
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23 Jul, 2025
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This class accepts more than one value in tailwind CSS. All the properties are covered in class form. It is the alternative to the CSS background-size property. This class is used to set the size of the background image.
Background Size classes:
- bg-auto
- bg-cover
- bg-contain
bg-auto: It is used to set the background-size class to its default value. It is used to display the background-image to its original size.
Syntax:
<element class="bg-auto">...</element>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@1.9.6/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS Background Size Space Class</b>
<div class="bg-green-300
mx-16
space-y-4
p-2
justify-between">
<div class="bg-no-repeat bg-auto bg-center
bg-green-200 w-full h-48 border-2"
style="background-image:url(
https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210222231443/Screenshot20210222231435.png)">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<html> <head> <link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@1.9.6/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body class="text-center"> <h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <b>Tailwind CSS Background Size Space Class</b> <div class="bg-green-300 mx-16 space-y-4 p-2 justify-between"> <div class="bg-no-repeat bg-auto bg-center bg-green-200 w-full h-48 border-2" style="background-image:url(https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210222231443/Screenshot20210222231435.png)"> </div> </div> </body> </html>Output:
bg-cover: It is used to resize the background image to cover a whole container element.
Syntax:
<element class="bg-cover">...</element>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@1.9.6/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS Background Size Space Class</b>
<div class="bg-green-300
mx-16
space-y-4
p-2
justify-between">
<div class="bg-no-repeat bg-cover bg-center
bg-green-200 w-full h-48 border-2"
style="background-image:url(
https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210222231443/Screenshot20210222231435.png)">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<html> <head> <link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@1.9.6/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body class="text-center"> <h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <b>Tailwind CSS Background Size Space Class</b> <div class="bg-green-300 mx-16 space-y-4 p-2 justify-between"> <div class="bg-no-repeat bg-cover bg-center bg-green-200 w-full h-48 border-2" style="background-image:url(https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210222231443/Screenshot20210222231435.png)"> </div> </div> </body> </html>Output:
bg-contain: It is used to contain the background image within the container by shrinking.
Syntax:
<element class="bg-contain">...</element>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@1.9.6/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS Background Size Space Class</b>
<div class="bg-green-300
mx-16
space-y-4
p-2
justify-between">
<div class="bg-no-repeat bg-contain bg-center
bg-green-200 w-full h-48 border-2"
style="background-image: url(
https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210222231443/Screenshot20210222231435.png)">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<html> <head> <link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@1.9.6/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body class="text-center"> <h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <b>Tailwind CSS Background Size Space Class</b> <div class="bg-green-300 mx-16 space-y-4 p-2 justify-between"> <div class="bg-no-repeat bg-contain bg-center bg-green-200 w-full h-48 border-2" style="background-image: url(https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210222231443/Screenshot20210222231435.png)"> </div> </div> </body> </html>Output:
