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CSS BACKGROUND PROPERTIES

The CSS background properties define the background effects of an element.

CSS Background Properties

The CSS background properties allow you to control the background color of an element, set an image as the background, repeat a background image vertically or horizontally, and position an image on a page.

Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.

W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).

Property	Description	Values
background	A shorthand property for setting all background properties in one declaration	background-color background-image background-repeat background-attachment background-position
background-attachment	Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page	scroll fixed
background-color	Sets the background color of an element	color-rgb color-hex color-name transparent
background-image	Sets an image as the background	url none
background-position	Sets the starting position of a background image	top left top center top right center left center center center right bottom left bottom center bottom right x-% y-% x-pos y-pos
background-repeat	Sets if/how a background image will be repeated	repeat repeat-x repeat-y no-repeat