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
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15 (3)	74	75	5	60
	14 (3)	73	74	4 (1)	58
	13 (3)	72	73	3.2 (1)	57
	12 (3)	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21
		35	36		20
		34	35		19
		33	34		18
		32	33		17
		31	32		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23 (2)	24		10.6
		22 (2)	23		10.5
		21 (2)	22		10.0-10.1
		20 (2)	21		9.5-9.6
		19 (2)	20		9
		18 (2)	19
		17 (2)	18
		16 (2)	17
		15 (2)	16
		14 (2)	15
		13 (2)	14
		12 (2)	13
		11 (2)	12
		10 (2)	11
		9 (2)	10
		8 (2)	9
		7 (2)	8
		6 (2)	7
		5 (2)	6
		4 (2)	5
		3.6	4
		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
15	all (2)	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1 (2)			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12 (2)					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5 (2)					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1 (2)					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11 (2)					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10 (2)					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
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