Box Shadow Generator
Stack multiple shadows with visual controls and copy clean CSS
Stack multiple shadows with visual controls and copy clean CSS
box-shadow: 0px 4px 12px 0px #00000040;The box-shadow property casts one or more shadows around the border box of an element. Its syntax is offset-x offset-y blur spread color, plus an optional leading inset keyword to draw the shadow inside the box instead of outside it. Any value you omit defaults to zero, sobox-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1) is a perfectly valid, very common soft drop shadow.
One shadow looks flat. The trick designers use in Figma, Material, and Tailwind's shadow-lg is to stack two or three shadows with different offsets, blurs, and opacities — a tight, dark one for the contact shadow and a larger, softer one for ambient bounce. Separate them with commas:
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.08), 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.12);
box-shadow directly is expensive because the browser has to repaint the blur on every frame. If you need an elevation animation, fade in a pseudo-element that already has the shadow, or animate opacity of a second stacked shadow.inset shadows for pressed-button states and for simulating inner bevels.