background-clip: textLimited availability
The background-clip: text CSS declaration draws the background underneath only the text in the element.
Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.
Browser support
DesktopChrome
1–119Not supported
120+Supportedsince Dec 5, 2023
Current: 155Edge
12–119Not supported
120+Supportedsince Dec 7, 2023
Current: 154Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157Safari
1–13.1Not supported
14+Supportedsince Sep 16, 2020
Current: 27MobileChrome Android
18–119Not supported
120+Supportedsince Dec 5, 2023
Current: 155Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157Safari iOS
1–13.4Not supported
14+Supportedsince Sep 16, 2020
Current: 27How to use
Not supported in Firefox, Firefox Android. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.
Example
Full syntax and examples are on MDN — see the links below.
Feature detection
CSS · check before using
@supports (background-clip: text) {
/* styles that rely on background-clip: text */
}
/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("background-clip", "text")) {
// use it
}Specification
Sub-features
Support for each part of the feature (2). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.
| Sub-feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox Android | Safari iOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| background-clip.text | 120 | 120 | ✕ | 14 | 120 | ✕ | 14 |
| background.text | 120 | 120 | ✕ | 14 | 120 | ✕ | 14 |