Tailwind CSS Backdrop Saturate

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

The backdrop saturate class is an inbuilt function in CSS that is used to super-saturate or desaturates the input image. Tailwind CSS newly added feature brightness in 2.1 version.

Backdrop Saturate:

  • backdrop-saturate-0: This class used to set the saturated equivalent on an element to CSS saturate(0).
  • backdrop-saturate-50: This class used to set the saturated equivalent on an element to CSS saturate(50).
  • backdrop-saturate-100: This class used to set the saturated equivalent on an element to CSS saturate(100).
  • backdrop-saturate-150: This class used to set the saturated equivalent on an element to CSS saturate(150).
  • backdrop-saturate-200: This class used to set the saturated equivalent on an element to CSS saturate(200).

Syntax:

<element class=
    "filter backdrop-saturate-{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 Backdrop Saturate 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-saturate-0 w-1/3">
      </div>

      <div class="flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-green-500 
           backdrop-filter backdrop-saturate-100 w-1/3">
      </div>

      <div class="flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-green-500 
           backdrop-filter backdrop-saturate-200 w-1/3">
      </div>
    </div>
    
  </div>
</body>

</html>


Output:

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