JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
CSS
#el {
background-image: url(http://content1.promiflash.de/article-images/w500/grumpy-cat-und-eine-blume.jpg);
background-position: center;
width: 300px;
height: 250px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
JavaScript
function bgSize($el, cb){
$('<img />')
.load(function(){ cb(this.width, this.height); })
.attr('src', $el.css('background-image').match(/^url\("?(.+?)"?\)$/)[1]);
}
bgSize($('#el'), function(width, height){
$('body').append('width : ' + width + ' height : ' + height);
});