How to make Bootstrap Navbar transparent

Creating a transparent navbar is very easy - just don't add a color class .bg-* to the navbar.

In this case, the Navbar will take the color of the parent's background color.


          <!-- Navbar -->
          <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light">
            <!-- Container wrapper -->
            <div class="container-fluid">
              <!-- Navbar brand -->
              <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>

              <!-- Toggle button -->
              <button
                class="navbar-toggler"
                type="button"
                data-mdb-toggle="collapse"
                data-mdb-target="#navbarSupportedContent"
                aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent"
                aria-expanded="false"
                aria-label="Toggle navigation"
              >
                <i class="fas fa-bars"></i>
              </button>

              <!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
              <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
                <!-- Left links -->
                <ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Home</a>
                  </li>
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
                  </li>
                  <!-- Navbar dropdown -->
                  <li class="nav-item dropdown">
                    <a
                      class="nav-link dropdown-toggle"
                      href="#"
                      id="navbarDropdown"
                      role="button"
                      data-mdb-toggle="dropdown"
                      aria-expanded="false"
                    >
                      Dropdown
                    </a>
                    <!-- Dropdown menu -->
                    <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                      </li>
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                      </li>
                      <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                      </li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true"
                      >Disabled</a
                    >
                  </li>
                </ul>
                <!-- Left links -->
              </div>
              <!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
            </div>
            <!-- Container wrapper -->
          </nav>
          <!-- Navbar -->
        

          <!-- Navbar -->
          <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark shadow-5-strong">
            <!-- Container wrapper -->
            <div class="container-fluid">
              <!-- Navbar brand -->
              <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>

              <!-- Toggle button -->
              <button
                class="navbar-toggler"
                type="button"
                data-mdb-toggle="collapse"
                data-mdb-target="#navbarSupportedContent"
                aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent"
                aria-expanded="false"
                aria-label="Toggle navigation"
              >
                <i class="fas fa-bars"></i>
              </button>

              <!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
              <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
                <!-- Left links -->
                <ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Home</a>
                  </li>
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
                  </li>
                  <!-- Navbar dropdown -->
                  <li class="nav-item dropdown">
                    <a
                      class="nav-link dropdown-toggle"
                      href="#"
                      id="navbarDropdown"
                      role="button"
                      data-mdb-toggle="dropdown"
                      aria-expanded="false"
                    >
                      Dropdown
                    </a>
                    <!-- Dropdown menu -->
                    <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                      </li>
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                      </li>
                      <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                      </li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true"
                      >Disabled</a
                    >
                  </li>
                </ul>
                <!-- Left links -->
              </div>
              <!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
            </div>
            <!-- Container wrapper -->
          </nav>
          <!-- Navbar -->
        

          <!-- Navbar -->
          <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark shadow-5-strong">
            <!-- Container wrapper -->
            <div class="container-fluid">
              <!-- Navbar brand -->
              <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>

              <!-- Toggle button -->
              <button
                class="navbar-toggler"
                type="button"
                data-mdb-toggle="collapse"
                data-mdb-target="#navbarSupportedContent"
                aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent"
                aria-expanded="false"
                aria-label="Toggle navigation"
              >
                <i class="fas fa-bars"></i>
              </button>

              <!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
              <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
                <!-- Left links -->
                <ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Home</a>
                  </li>
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
                  </li>
                  <!-- Navbar dropdown -->
                  <li class="nav-item dropdown">
                    <a
                      class="nav-link dropdown-toggle"
                      href="#"
                      id="navbarDropdown"
                      role="button"
                      data-mdb-toggle="dropdown"
                      aria-expanded="false"
                    >
                      Dropdown
                    </a>
                    <!-- Dropdown menu -->
                    <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                      </li>
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                      </li>
                      <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
                      <li>
                        <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                      </li>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                  <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true"
                      >Disabled</a
                    >
                  </li>
                </ul>
                <!-- Left links -->
              </div>
              <!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
            </div>
            <!-- Container wrapper -->
          </nav>
          <!-- Navbar -->
        

Animated navbar

You can achieve a very impressive effect by using our animated navbar, which is transparent on start, and change the color after the scroll.

Note: This component requires MDBootstrap Pro package.

Click the button below to see the full-screen demo.

Full screen demo

If you want to customize the colors in the animated navbar you need to overwrite the following styles.

Note: These are the default settings. If you don't want to change anything then you don't need to add or modify the following code.