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+---
+layout: docs
+title: Background
+description: Convey meaning through `background-color` and add decoration with gradients.
+group: utilities
+toc: true
+---
+
+## Background color
+
+Similar to the contextual text color classes, set the background of an element to any contextual class. Background utilities **do not set `color`**, so in some cases you'll want to use `.text-*` [color utilities]({{< docsref "/utilities/colors" >}}).
+
+{{< example >}}
+{{< colors.inline >}}
+{{- range (index $.Site.Data "theme-colors") }}
+<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-{{ .name }}{{ if .contrast_color }} text-{{ .contrast_color }}{{ else }} text-white{{ end }}">.bg-{{ .name }}</div>
+{{- end -}}
+{{< /colors.inline >}}
+<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-body text-dark">.bg-body</div>
+<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-white text-dark">.bg-white</div>
+<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-transparent text-dark">.bg-transparent</div>
+{{< /example >}}
+
+## Background gradient
+
+By adding a `.bg-gradient` class, a linear gradient is added as background image to the backgrounds. This gradient starts with a semi-transparent white which fades out to the bottom.
+
+Do you need a gradient in your custom CSS? Just add `background-image: var(--bs-gradient);`.
+
+{{< markdown >}}
+{{< colors.inline >}}
+{{- range (index $.Site.Data "theme-colors") }}
+<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-{{ .name }} bg-gradient{{ with .contrast_color }} text-{{ . }}{{ else }} text-white{{ end }}">.bg-{{ .name }}.bg-gradient</div>
+{{- end -}}
+{{< /colors.inline >}}
+{{< /markdown >}}
+
+## Opacity
+
+{{< added-in "5.1.0" >}}
+
+As of v5.1.0, `background-color` utilities are generated with Sass using CSS variables. This allows for real-time color changes without compilation and dynamic alpha transparency changes.
+
+### How it works
+
+Consider our default `.bg-success` utility.
+
+```css
+.bg-success {
+  --bs-bg-opacity: 1;
+  background-color: rgba(var(--bs-success-rgb), var(--bs-bg-opacity)) !important;
+}
+```
+
+We use an RGB version of our `--bs-success` (with the value of `25, 135, 84`) CSS variable and attached a second CSS variable, `--bs-bg-opacity`, for the alpha transparency (with a default value `1` thanks to a local CSS variable). That means anytime you use `.bg-success` now, your computed `color` value is `rgba(25, 135, 84, 1)`. The local CSS variable inside each `.bg-*` class avoids inheritance issues so nested instances of the utilities don't automatically have a modified alpha transparency.
+
+### Example
+
+To change that opacity, override `--bs-bg-opacity` via custom styles or inline styles.
+
+{{< example >}}
+<div class="bg-success p-2 text-white">This is default success background</div>
+<div class="bg-success p-2" style="--bs-bg-opacity: .5;">This is 50% opacity success background</div>
+{{< /example >}}
+
+Or, choose from any of the `.bg-opacity` utilities:
+
+{{< example >}}
+<div class="bg-success p-2 text-white">This is default success background</div>
+<div class="bg-success p-2 text-white bg-opacity-75">This is 75% opacity success background</div>
+<div class="bg-success p-2 text-dark bg-opacity-50">This is 50% opacity success background</div>
+<div class="bg-success p-2 text-dark bg-opacity-25">This is 25% opacity success background</div>
+<div class="bg-success p-2 text-dark bg-opacity-10">This is 10% opacity success background</div>
+{{< /example >}}
+
+## Sass
+
+In addition to the following Sass functionality, consider reading about our included [CSS custom properties]({{< docsref "/customize/css-variables" >}}) (aka CSS variables) for colors and more.
+
+### Variables
+
+Most `background-color` utilities are generated by our theme colors, reassigned from our generic color palette variables.
+
+{{< scss-docs name="color-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
+{{< scss-docs name="theme-color-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
+{{< scss-docs name="variable-gradient" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
+Grayscale colors are also available, but only a subset are used to generate any utilities.
+
+{{< scss-docs name="gray-color-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
+### Map
+
+Theme colors are then put into a Sass map so we can loop over them to generate our utilities, component modifiers, and more.
+
+{{< scss-docs name="theme-colors-map" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
+Grayscale colors are also available as a Sass map. **This map is not used to generate any utilities.**
+
+{{< scss-docs name="gray-colors-map" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
+RGB colors are generated from a separate Sass map:
+
+{{< scss-docs name="theme-colors-rgb" file="scss/_maps.scss" >}}
+
+And background color opacities build on that with their own map that's consumed by the utilities API:
+
+{{< scss-docs name="utilities-bg-colors" file="scss/_maps.scss" >}}
+
+### Mixins
+
+**No mixins are used to generate our background utilities**, but we do have some additional mixins for other situations where you'd like to create your own gradients.
+
+{{< scss-docs name="gradient-bg-mixin" file="scss/mixins/_gradients.scss" >}}
+
+{{< scss-docs name="gradient-mixins" file="scss/mixins/_gradients.scss" >}}
+
+### Utilities API
+
+Background utilities are declared in our utilities API in `scss/_utilities.scss`. [Learn how to use the utilities API.]({{< docsref "/utilities/api#using-the-api" >}})
+
+{{< scss-docs name="utils-bg-color" file="scss/_utilities.scss" >}}