Darken CSS background image?

Question

Should be a fairly simple question. In my website I do this:

#landing-wrapper {
    display:table;
    width:100%;
    background:url('landingpagepic.jpg');
    background-position:center top;
    height:350px;
}

What I'd like to do is make the background image darker. Since I have UI elements inside this DIV I don't think I can really place another div over it to darken it. Suggestions?

Answer 1

You can use the CSS3 Linear Gradient property along with your background-image like this:

#landing-wrapper {
    display:table;
    width:100%;
    background: linear-gradient( rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) ), url('landingpagepic.jpg');
    background-position:center top;
    height:350px;
}

Here's a demo:

#landing-wrapper {
  display: table;
  width: 100%;
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url('http://placehold.it/350x150');
  background-position: center top;
  height: 350px;
  color: white;
}

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