background-position

Utilities for controlling the position of an element's background image.

Quick reference

Class	Styles
bg-top-left	background-position: top left;
bg-top	background-position: top;
bg-top-right	background-position: top right;
bg-left	background-position: left;
bg-center	background-position: center;
bg-right	background-position: right;
bg-bottom-left	background-position: bottom left;
bg-bottom	background-position: bottom;
bg-bottom-right	background-position: bottom right;
bg-position-(<custom-property>)	background-position: var(<custom-property>);
bg-position-[<value>]	background-position: <value>;

Source: https://tailwindcss.com/guide/background-position

Examples

Basic example

Use utilities like bg-center, bg-right, and bg-top-left to control the position of an element's background image:

<!-- [!code classes:bg-top-left,bg-top-right,bg-bottom-right,bg-bottom-left,bg-center,bg-right,bg-top,bg-bottom,bg-left] -->
<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

Use the bg-position-[<value>] syntax to set the background position based on a completely custom value:

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

For CSS variables, you can also use the bg-position-(<custom-property>) syntax:

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

This is just a shorthand for bg-position-[var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.

Responsive design

Prefix a background-position utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

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

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.