<div class="container">
  <div class="element element-1"></div>
  <br>
  <div class="element element-2"></div>
  <br>
  <div class="element element-3"></div>
</div>
body {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  color: #555;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

.container {
  margin: 40px auto;
  max-width: 814px;
}

.element {
  width: 100%;
  height: 0;
  padding-top: 66%;
}

.element-1 {
  background-image: url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-blend-mode/blend-mode-example.jpg);
  background-color: #51B7D3;
  background-blend-mode: luminosity;
}

.element-2 {
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #69B62F, #DE3375), url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-blend-mode/blend-mode-example.jpg);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #69B62F, #DE3375), url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-blend-mode/blend-mode-example.jpg);
  background-blend-mode: overlay;
}

.element-3 {
  background-image: url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-blend-mode/blend-mode-example-texture.jpg), url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-blend-mode/blend-mode-example.jpg);
  background-color: olive;
  background-blend-mode: hard-light;
}