Candy CSS button
Playful glossy pink pill. Hover, click and tab to it to see every state.
CSS
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fredoka:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');
.btn {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: .5em;
padding: 14px 28px;
font-family: 'Fredoka', sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 600;
line-height: 1.2;
color: #ffffff;
background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 30%, #f9a8d4 0%, #ec4899 70%, #be185d 100%);
border: 0;
border-radius: 999px;
box-shadow: 0 6px 0 0 #9d174d, inset 0 -3px 0 0 rgba(157, 23, 77, .34999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375), inset 0 2px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .450000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125);
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(157, 23, 77, .59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375);
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
transition: transform 200ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1), box-shadow 200ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1), filter 200ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}
.btn__icon {
display: inline-block;
transition: transform 200ms cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}
.btn:hover {
transform: translateY(-1px) scale(1.04000000000000003552713678800500929355621337890625);
filter: brightness(1.0500000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125);
box-shadow: 0 7px 0 0 #9d174d, inset 0 -3px 0 0 rgba(157, 23, 77, .34999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375), inset 0 2px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .450000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125);
}
.btn:hover .btn__icon {
transform: translateX(3px);
}
.btn:active {
transform: translateY(5px);
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #9d174d, inset 0 -3px 0 0 rgba(157, 23, 77, .34999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375), inset 0 2px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .450000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125);
transition-duration: 100ms;
}
.btn:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid #ec4899;
outline-offset: 3px;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn,
.btn__icon {
transition: none;
animation: none;
}
}HTML
<button class="btn" type="button">
Get started
<span class="btn__icon" aria-hidden="true">♥</span>
</button>How this button is built
- Background: a
radial-gradient()(#f9a8d4 → #ec4899 → #be185d) that brightens toward the centre. - Type: Fredoka, weight 600, 18px, in #ffffff.
- Shape: a fully rounded pill shape with 14px × 28px padding.
- Depth: a hard offset shadow with no blur, which gives it physical depth, inset shadows for a highlighted, sculpted edge and a text shadow.
- Interaction: on hover it lifts 1px, scales to 104%, brightens slightly and nudges its icon, and it presses down 5px when clicked, with 200ms transitions.
- Accessibility: a visible
:focus-visiblering for keyboard users, and all motion turns off underprefers-reduced-motion.
How to use it
- Copy the CSS into your stylesheet. The
@importline loads the Fredoka font from Google Fonts. Move it to the top of your file, or drop it if you already load the font. - Paste the HTML where you want the button. It works on
<button>,<a>and<input type="submit">. - Change the label, or rename the
.btnclass if it clashes with your framework. Want a different colour or size? Open it in the editor, change it visually, and copy the new code.