CSS Shadow Generator

Generate Beautiful CSS Box Shadows in Seconds

Build modern, semantic, and production-ready shadows with a visual editor, 100 presets, and one-click CSS or Tailwind export.

Why Designers and Developers Use It

Visual Controls

Adjust layer count, offsets, blur, spread, opacity, and color in real time.

100 Curated Presets

Pick from production-ready shadow styles optimized for cards, modals, and UI surfaces.

Copy CSS & Tailwind

Export clean code instantly and drop it into your existing codebase.

Semantic, SEO-Friendly, and Fast

This tool is built with semantic HTML sections, meaningful headings, clean metadata, and fast rendering. Perfect for modern frontend workflows.

Semantic structure for better crawlability
Rich metadata for SEO + GEO discoverability
Accessible controls for teams and documentation

Example Output

.card {
  box-shadow:
    0px 12px 24px -8px rgba(30, 41, 59, 0.16),
    0px 20px 40px -12px rgba(30, 41, 59, 0.12);
  border-radius: 18px;
}

Design Box Shadows and Text Shadows Visually

Shadows are how flat design gains depth, but writing them by hand means memorizing six values (horizontal offset, vertical offset, blur, spread, color, inset) and guessing how they combine. This generator gives you sliders for each value with a live preview, so you design the shadow by looking at it instead of reading numbers. It covers box shadows, text shadows, and inset shadows, and supports stacking multiple shadows - the standard technique for realistic elevation.

The output is clean, copy-paste-ready CSS. Single shadows produce the classic shorthand; stacked shadows produce a comma-separated list that browsers render as layers. Because the preview is live, you can dial in a soft, ambient shadow for cards and a tighter, directional one for buttons, and the CSS for each is a click away.

Shadow recipes that work

Material-style elevation uses two layers: a tight, dark, small-blur shadow for the "contact" edge, and a large, soft, light shadow for the ambient glow. UI cards usually want a 4-8px vertical offset, 12-24px blur, and 10-15% black. Inset shadows create pressed or engraved states. The preview makes these recipes obvious in seconds.

Common Questions

What is the difference between box shadow and text shadow?

Box shadow applies to an element's box (cards, buttons); text shadow applies to the text itself. Both share the same value structure: offset, blur, spread, color - and this generator handles both.

Can I stack multiple shadows?

Yes. Add several shadow layers and the tool outputs them as a comma-separated list, which is how you build realistic material-style elevation.

What values make a realistic card shadow?

A good starting point is a 4-8px vertical offset, 12-24px blur, and 10-15% black, optionally stacked with a larger, softer ambient layer. The live preview lets you tune it by eye.

What does inset do?

The inset keyword inverts the shadow so it renders inside the element, creating pressed or engraved effects. Toggle it per layer.

Is the generated CSS valid?

Yes. It is standard box-shadow / text-shadow CSS that works in all current browsers - paste it straight into your stylesheet.