---
category: Display
created: '2020-01-18'
description: Create a full background element with CSS
keywords: css background size cover, css full background
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/full-background.png
title: Full background
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="full-background">...</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.full-background {
    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;

    /* Take full size */
    height: 100vh;
    width: 100%;

    /* Background */
    background: url('/path/to/background.jpeg') center center / cover no-repeat;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.lines {
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.line {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
}
.line.line--20 {
    width: 20%;
}
.line.line--40 {
    width: 40%;
}
.line.line--60 {
    width: 60%;
}
.line.line--80 {
    width: 80%;
}
.line.line--100 {
    width: 100%;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    height: 24rem;
}

.full-background {
    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;

    /* Take full size */
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;

    background: url('/assets/css-layout/full-background.jpeg') center center / cover no-repeat;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="full-background">
    <div class="lines">
        <div class="line line--20"></div>
        <div class="line line--80"></div>
        <div class="line line--40"></div>
        <div class="line line--60"></div>
        <div class="line line--20"></div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>