Cloud CSS button
Fluffy white pill with a soft blue shadow. 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: #1e40af;
background: #ffffff;
border: 0;
border-radius: 999px;
box-shadow: 0 10px 24px -6px rgba(59, 130, 246, .299999999999999988897769753748434595763683319091796875), inset 0 -3px 0 0 #dbeafe;
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:hover {
transform: translateY(-1px) scale(1.04000000000000003552713678800500929355621337890625);
filter: brightness(1.0500000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125);
box-shadow: 0 11px 26px -6px rgba(59, 130, 246, .299999999999999988897769753748434595763683319091796875), inset 0 -3px 0 0 #dbeafe;
}
.btn:active {
transform: translateY(1px) scale(0.95999999999999996447286321199499070644378662109375);
box-shadow: 0 9px 24px -6px rgba(59, 130, 246, .299999999999999988897769753748434595763683319091796875), inset 0 -3px 0 0 #dbeafe;
transition-duration: 100ms;
}
.btn:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid #ffffff;
outline-offset: 3px;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn {
transition: none;
animation: none;
}
}HTML
<button class="btn" type="button">
Sign in
</button>How this button is built
- Background: a solid #ffffff fill.
- Type: Fredoka, weight 600, 18px, in #1e40af.
- Shape: a fully rounded pill shape with 14px × 28px padding.
- Depth: a coloured glow and an inset highlight along the edge.
- Interaction: on hover it lifts 1px, scales to 104% and brightens slightly, and it squishes slightly 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.