Basic usage
Changing element brightness
Use the brightness-{amount?} utilities to control an element’s brightness.
brightness-50
brightness-100
brightness-125
brightness-200
<div class="brightness-50 ...">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
<div class="brightness-100 ...">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
<div class="brightness-125 ...">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
<div class="brightness-200 ...">
<!-- ... -->
</div>Removing filters
To remove all of the filters on an element at once, use the filter-none utility:
<div class="blur-md invert brightness-150 md:filter-none">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
This can be useful when you want to remove filters conditionally, such as on hover or at a particular breakpoint.
Applying conditionally
Hover, focus, and other states
Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:brightness-150 to only apply the brightness-150 utility on hover.
<div class="brightness-110 hover:brightness-150">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.
Breakpoints and media queries
You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:brightness-150 to apply the brightness-150 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.
<div class="brightness-110 md:brightness-150">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.
Using custom values
Customizing your theme
By default, Tailwind includes a handful of general purpose brightness utilities. You can customize these values by editing theme.brightness or theme.extend.brightness in your tailwind.config.js file.
module.exports = { theme: { extend: { brightness: { 25: '.25', 175: '1.75', } } }}Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.
Arbitrary values
If you need to use a one-off brightness value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.
<div class="brightness-[1.75]">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.