background: skyblue;
background-image: linear-gradient(45deg,#eee 25%, transparent 0),
linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #eee 0),linear-gradient(45deg,#eee 25%, transparent 0),
linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #eee 0);
background-size: 60px 60px;
background-position: 0 0 ,0 0, 30px 30px,-30px -30px;
// svg
background: #eee url('data:image/svg+xml,\
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100" height="100" fill-opacity=".25" >\
<rect x="50" width="50" height="50" />\
<rect y="50" width="50" height="50" />\
</svg>');
background-size: 30px 30px;