Tailwind CSS Backdrop Hue Rotate

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

The backdrop hue rotate class is an inbuilt function that is used to apply a filter to the image to set the hue rotation of the image. Tailwind CSS newly added feature brightness in 2.1 version.

Backdrop Hue Rotate:

  • -backdrop-hue-rotate-180: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(-180).
  • -backdrop-hue-rotate-90: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(-90).
  • -backdrop-hue-rotate-60: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(-60).
  • -backdrop-hue-rotate-30: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(-30).
  • -backdrop-hue-rotate-15: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(-15).
  • backdrop-hue-rotate-0: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(0).
  • backdrop-hue-rotate-15: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(15).
  • backdrop-hue-rotate-30: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(30).
  • backdrop-hue-rotate-60: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(60).
  • backdrop-hue-rotate-90: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(90).
  • backdrop-hue-rotate-180: This class used to set the hue-rotate equivalent on an element to CSS hue-rotate(180).

Syntax:

<element class=
   "filter backdrop-hue-rotate-{amount}">
/* ..... */
</element>

Example:

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <link href=
  "https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@2.2.19/dist/tailwind.min.css"
    rel="stylesheet">
</head>

<body class="text-center mx-4 ">
  <h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
      GeeksforGeeks
  </h1>

  <b>Tailwind CSS Backderop Hue Rotate Class</b>

  <div class=" mx-16 mt-18 h-36 relative">
    <div class="absolute w-full py-18">
      <img class="rounded-lg object-cover" src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210605213323/Screenshot20210605213311.png" 
       alt="image">
    </div>
    <div class="relative h-32 flex overflow-x-auto space-x-4">
        <div class="flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-green-500 
             backdrop-filter -backdrop-hue-rotate-90 w-1/3">
        </div>
      
        <div class="flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-green-500 
             backdrop-filter backdrop-hue-rotate-0 w-1/3">
        </div>
      
        <div class="flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-green-500 
             backdrop-filter backdrop-hue-rotate-90 w-1/3">
        </div>
      </div>
  </div>
</body>

</html>


Output:

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