--- title: Background Patterns with CSS `corner-radius` – Frontend... description: CSS's `corner-shape` property can create interesting background patterns by styling HTML elements with properties like `scoop`, `notch`, and `superellipse()`,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/background-patterns-with-css-corner-radius-frontend-masters-blog-tjwv7sxtk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Background Patterns with CSS `corner-radius` – Frontend Masters Blog | daily.dev og:description: CSS's `corner-shape` property can create interesting background patterns by styling HTML elements with properties like `scoop`, `notch`, and `superellipse()`,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/background-patterns-with-css-corner-radius-frontend-masters-blog-tjwv7sxtk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TjWV7sXTk.png og:image:alt: Background Patterns with CSS `corner-radius` – Frontend Masters Blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Background Patterns with CSS `corner-radius` – Frontend Masters Blog **[Frontend Masters](https://daily.dev/sources/frontendmasters)** · 3 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CSS's `corner-shape` property can create interesting background patterns by styling HTML elements with properties like `scoop`, `notch`, and `superellipse()`, then embedding them into SVG via `foreignObject`, and using that SVG as a repeating CSS background through data URLs. The technique combines `corner-shape` with `border-radius` to control corner form and size, and can be enhanced with transforms, gradients, borders, and shadows for varied designs. Browser support can be handled with `@supports` feature queries. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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