CSS gradient checkerboard pattern

Question

I want to create a checkerboard pattern using gradients. I\'ve found an example and modified it to my needs, however it only works with -moz prefix. When I remo

Answer 1

The 45deg version works nicely, but can end up showing a line between the triangles at different zoom levels or on retina screens. Depending on what browsers you need to support you can also use background-blend-mode: difference (caniuse currently shows nearly 90% support), you can tint the checks using an additional background image:

body {
    background-image: /* tint image */
                      linear-gradient(to right, rgba(192, 192, 192, 0.75), rgba(192, 192, 192, 0.75)),
                      /* checkered effect */
                      linear-gradient(to right, black 50%, white 50%),
                      linear-gradient(to bottom, black 50%, white 50%);
    background-blend-mode: normal, difference, normal;
    background-size: 2em 2em;
}