JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="headerBackground">
<div id="headerContent"></div>
</div>
CSS
#headerBackground{
width: 100%;
height: 131px;
background-color:#000000;
/* The below is from an Online Graident Generator */
/* This one was used: http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/ */
background: rgb(125,126,125);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(125,126,125,1) 0%, rgba(14,14,14,1) 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(125,126,125,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(14,14,14,1)));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(125,126,125,1) 0%,rgba(14,14,14,1) 100%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(125,126,125,1) 0%,rgba(14,14,14,1) 100%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(125,126,125,1) 0%,rgba(14,14,14,1) 100%);
background: linear-gradient(top, rgba(125,126,125,1) 0%,rgba(14,14,14,1) 100%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#7d7e7d', endColorstr='#0e0e0e',GradientType=0 );
}
#headerContent {
background-image: url(http://lorempixel.com/500/131/sports);
background-position: center center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}