CSS Properties: How to scale the image to the largest size such that both its width and its height can fit inside the content area?

Last update on February 16 2024 13:18:43 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declaration of HTML5 document type -->
<html>
<head>
<title>How to scale the image to the largest size such that both its width and its height can fit inside the content area</title><!-- Title of the HTML document -->
<style>/* CSS style start*/
body {
background: url("https://www.w3resource.com/images/w3resource-logo.png"); /* Setting background image for the body */
background-repeat:no-repeat; /* Setting background repeat property to "no-repeat" */
background-size:contain; /* Scaling the background image to fit inside the content area while maintaining its aspect ratio */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>The background-size CSS property scale the image to the largest size such that both its width and its height can fit inside the content area.</p><!-- Paragraph content -->
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

This HTML document demonstrates how to scale the background image to fit inside the content area while maintaining its aspect ratio.
The CSS style block defines styling for the body element.
The background image used in this example is the w3resource logo.
background-repeat:no-repeat; is used to set the background repeat property to "no-repeat", which means the background image will not be repeated.
background-size:contain; is used to scale the background image to the largest size such that both its width and its height can fit inside the content area while maintaining its aspect ratio.
The HTML content consists of a paragraph explaining the purpose of the background-size CSS property.

Live Demo:

See the Pen background-size-contain-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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