JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="image">
    <img src="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/NASAEarth-01.jpg" alt="" />
    <div class="overlay" />
</div>

CSS

.image { position: relative; width: 200px; height: 200px;}
.image img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }
.overlay { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; background-color: gray; z-index: -10; width: 200px; height: 200px; opacity: 0.5}
.image:hover .overlay { z-index: 10}