Fit background image to div

If what you need is the image to have the same dimensions of the div, I think this is the most elegant solution:

background-size: 100% 100%;

If not, the answer by @grc is the most appropriated one.

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp

You can achieve this with the background-size property, which is now supported by most browsers.

To scale the background image to fit inside the div:

background-size: contain;

To scale the background image to cover the whole div:

background-size: cover;

JSFiddle example

There also exists a filter for IE 5.5+ support, as well as vendor prefixes for some older browsers.