JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="content"></div>
<div class="FadeAway"></div>
CSS
.content{ position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; width:100%; height:100%; background:url('http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg/400px-GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg') no-repeat; background-color:red;}
.FadeAway{
position: absolute; top:0px; left:0px; width:100%; height:100%;
background:transparent;
background: linear-gradient(top, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 255 ) 0%, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 1 ) 100% );
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0 ) 0%, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 1 ) 100% );
background: -o-linear-gradient( top, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0 ) 0%, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 1 ) 100% );
background: -webkit-linear-gradient( top, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0 ) 0%, rgba( 255, 255, 255, 1 ) 100% );
-ms-filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#550000FF, endColorstr=#550000FF);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#00ffffff, endColorstr=#ffffffff);
}