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HTML

<div class="myDiv">
    <div class="bg"></div>
    Hello there how are you?
</div>

CSS

.myDiv {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 5;
  height: 250px;
  width: 300px;
  color: #000;
  font-size: 400%;
  padding: 20px;
}

.myDiv .bg {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  background: url(//www.wonderbackgrounds.com/girly/backgrounds/girly_background_02.gif) center center;
  opacity: .4;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}