JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="the-div">Red text</div>

CSS

.the-div
  {
    background-image: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
    background-repeat: repeat;
    color: #f00;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 40px;
    margin: 10px;
    width: 200px;
    height: 80px;
  }
  .the-div:hover
  {
    background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
    background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1))), url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Apercot_Smiley.png");
  }