{"id":1440,"date":"2015-11-10T09:29:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddsantoro.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2015-11-10T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T14:33:00","slug":"a-new-codepen-io-snippet-to-create-an-abstract-css3-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsantoro.com\/blog\/a-new-codepen-io-snippet-to-create-an-abstract-css3-background\/","title":{"rendered":"A new codepen.io snippet to create an abstract CSS3 background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently needed a seamless abstract background for a client project. I searched high and low to find something for my needs. I came across a <a href=\"http:\/\/lea.verou.me\/css3patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\">CSS3 background site<\/a> that gave me some inspiration. After some tinkering I became an expert in CSS3 background-image gradients so I will share with you my abstract CSS3 gradient background on <a href=\"http:\/\/codepen.io\/toddsantoro\/pen\/vNQyRm\" target=\"_blank\">codepen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps someone with their project because it saved me a ton of bandwidth and an HTTP call:)<\/p>\n<p>Here is the CSS3<\/p>\n<pre>.abstract {\r\n  background-color: #8ac8d5;\r\n  background-image:\r\n  radial-gradient(rgba(76,139,152,1), rgba(138,201,214,.05) 200px, transparent 400px),\r\n  radial-gradient(rgba(76,139,152,1), rgba(255,255,255,.1) 300px, transparent 400px),\r\n  radial-gradient(rgba(76,139,152,1), rgba(138,201,214,.1) 400px, transparent 400px);\r\n  background-size: 1000px 500px, 700px 500px, 700px 500px; \r\n  background-position: 0 -200px, 300px -100px, 700px -200px;\r\n  height: 500px;\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>And the HTML<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;div class=\"abstract\"&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently needed a seamless abstract background for a client project. I searched high and low to find something for my needs. I came across a CSS3 background site that gave me some inspiration. After some tinkering I became an expert in CSS3 background-image gradients so I will share with you my abstract CSS3 gradient background on codepen. I hope &hellip; <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/toddsantoro.com\/blog\/a-new-codepen-io-snippet-to-create-an-abstract-css3-background\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61,68,50,7,23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abstract CSS3 background<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CSS3 background using background images and blur effects to create an abstract CSS3 background saving bandwidth and HTTP calls.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/toddsantoro.com\/blog\/a-new-codepen-io-snippet-to-create-an-abstract-css3-background\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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