SVG in CSS backgrounds

Method of using SVG images as CSS backgrounds

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/#background-image
Status	W3C Candidate Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			108
		107	107	TP
		106	106	16.1
11	105	105	105	16.0	91
10	104	104	104	15.6	90
9	103	103	103	15.5	89
8	102	102	102	15.4	88
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7	101	101	101	15.2-15.3	87
6	100	100	100	15.1	86
5.5	99	99	99	15	85
	98	98	98	14.1	84
	97	97	97	14	83
	96	96	96	13.1	82
	95	95	95	13	81
	94	94	94	12.1	80
	93	93	93	12	79
	92	92	92	11.1	78
	91	91	91	11	77
	90	90	90	10.1	76
	89	89	89	10	75
	88	88	88	9.1	74
	87	87	87	9	73
	86	86	86	8	72
	85	85	85	7.1	71
	84	84	84	7	70
	83	83	83	6.1	69
	81	82	81	6	68
	80	81	80	5.1	67
	79	80	79	5	66
	18	79	78	4 (1)	65
	17	78	77	3.2 (1)	64
	16	77	76	3.1	63
	15 (3)	76	75		62
	14 (3)	75	74		60
	13 (3)	74	73		58
	12 (3)	73	72		57
		72	71		56
		71	70		55
		70	69		54
		69	68		53
		68	67		52
		67	66		51
		66	65		50
		65	64		49
		64	63		48
		63	62		47
		62	61		46
		61	60		45
		60	59		44
		59	58		43
		58	57		42
		57	56		41
		56	55		40
		55	54		39
		54	53		38
		53	52		37
		52	51		36
		51	50		35
		50	49		34
		49	48		33
		48	47		32
		47	46		31
		46	45		30
		45	44		29
		44	43		28
		43	42		27
		42	41		26
		41	40		25
		40	39		24
		39	38		23
		38	37		22
		37	36		21
		36	35		20
		35	34		19
		34	33		18
		33	32		17
		32	31		16
		31	30		15
		30	29		12.1
		29	28		12
		28	27		11.6
		27	26		11.5
		26	25		11.1
		25	24		11
		24	23		10.6
		23 (2)	22		10.5
		22 (2)	21		10.0-10.1
		21 (2)	20		9.5-9.6
		20 (2)	19		9
		19 (2)	18
		18 (2)	17
		17 (2)	16
		16 (2)	15
		15 (2)	14
		14 (2)	13
		13 (2)	12
		12 (2)	11
		11 (2)	10
		10 (2)	9
		9 (2)	8
		8 (2)	7
		7 (2)	6
		6 (2)	5
		5 (2)	4
		4 (2)
		3.6
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
16.1
16.0	all (2)	105	10	64	105	104	11	13.4	18.0	13.1	13.18	2.5
15.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1 (2)			10		17.0
15.5		4.4		12 (2)					16.0
15.4		4.2-4.3		11.5 (2)					15.0
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15.2-15.3		4.1		11.1 (2)					14.0
15.0-15.1		4		11 (2)					13.0
14.5-14.8		3		10 (2)					12.0
14.0-14.4		2.3							11.1-11.2
13.4-13.7		2.2							10.1
13.3		2.1							9.2
13.2									8.2
13.0-13.1									7.2-7.4
12.2-12.5									6.2-6.4
12.0-12.1									5.0-5.4
11.3-11.4									4
11.0-11.2
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1 (1)
3.2 (1)

Notes

1. Partial support in iOS Safari and older Safari versions refers to failing to support tiling or the background-position property.

2. Partial support in older Firefox and Opera Mini/Mobile refers to SVG images being blurry when scaled.

3. Partial support in Edge 15 and older refers to a lack of support for SVG data URIs. see bug

Bugs

• Opera messes background repeat when changing zoom level: known issue in Opera's private bug tracker (CORE-33071)

• IE 10 Mobile does not always provide crisp SVG backgrounds, particularly when zooming in.

• Android 2.x will not display the fallback background-image in addition to not displaying the SVG if it is implemented using multiple background-image properties on the same element. (e.g. PNG background-image fallback + SVG background-image)

Resources

• Tutorial for advanced effects