Crop and center image with CSS only

crop-center-css.md

Easily resize, crop and center an image on any container with CSS

<div id="graphic">lorem ipsum</div>

#graphic {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  position: relative;
}
#graphic:before {
  content: '';
  
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  background-position: center center;
  background-size: cover;
  bottom: 0;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  
  background-image: url(http://brocoli.org/media/img/artists/minizza2.jpg);
}

Or

<div id="crop">
  lorem ipsum
  <div id="image" />
</div>

#crop {
  color: white;
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  position: relative;
  background-color: hsl(20%,20%,100%);
}
#image {
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  background-position: center center;
  background-size: cover;
  bottom: 0;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;

  background-image: url(http://brocoli.org/media/img/artists/minizza2.jpg);
}