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Browser Extension

Get CSS Background

Scan live pages, extract complex CSS backgrounds, and save the captures locally for later reuse, including layered gradients, blend modes, filters, and transforms.
Chrome Extension
Extension panel showing scanned CSS background results and preview cards.
Extension collection view showing saved CSS background captures stored locally.
Capture real-world backgrounds
Scan live pages and pull the background CSS used on hero sections, cards, banners, and marketing blocks without rebuilding it by hand.
Canonicalize complex captures
Extract layered `linear-gradient()`, `radial-gradient()`, mixed image layers, and blend-mode heavy backgrounds, then normalize them through the same parser used by the web app.
Keep a local collection
Save captures locally with stable IDs for dedupe, revisit them later, and compare new scans against what you already collected.

What the extension helps with

A clear overview of what the extension scans, saves, and makes easier in day-to-day use.

  • What it extracts

    The extension scans the live DOM, including reachable shadow roots, and extracts `background`, `background-blend-mode`, `filter`, and `transform` from real page elements.

  • How parsing works

    When authored CSSOM values are reachable, the extension prefers them, resolves reachable custom-property chains, and stores the resulting static background CSS after canonicalization.

  • Why complex gradients matter

    Complex gradient backgrounds are usually the hardest part of a design to rebuild by eye. The extension is strongest when you need the actual layered CSS, not an approximation.

  • What gets saved locally

    Captured backgrounds are stored in the extension collection using a stable shared ID for dedupe, and already-saved captures are marked during later scans.

  • What it skips

    Captures that reduce to color-only backgrounds after parsing are ignored, so the collection stays focused on reusable background compositions instead of flat fills.