Y2K Chrome CSS button
Shiny metallic chrome pill. Hover, click and tab to it to see every state.
CSS
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Unbounded:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap');
.btn {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: .5em;
padding: 16px 28px;
font-family: 'Unbounded', sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 1.2;
color: #0f172a;
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f8fafc 0%, #94a3b8 25%, #e2e8f0 50%, #64748b 75%, #cbd5e1 100%);
border: 1px solid rgba(71, 85, 105, .59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375);
border-radius: 999px;
box-shadow: 0 6px 16px -6px rgba(15, 23, 42, .5), inset 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .90000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625);
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .6999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875);
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
transition: transform 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), box-shadow 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), filter 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1);
}
.btn__icon {
display: inline-block;
transition: transform 200ms cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1);
}
.btn:hover {
transform: translateY(-1px);
filter: brightness(1.0800000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125);
box-shadow: 0 7px 18px -6px rgba(15, 23, 42, .5), inset 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .90000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625);
}
.btn:hover .btn__icon {
transform: translateX(-3px);
}
.btn:active {
transform: translateY(1px) scale(0.979999999999999982236431605997495353221893310546875);
box-shadow: 0 5px 16px -6px rgba(15, 23, 42, .5), inset 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .90000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625);
transition-duration: 100ms;
}
.btn:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid #f8fafc;
outline-offset: 3px;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn,
.btn__icon {
transition: none;
animation: none;
}
}HTML
<button class="btn" type="button">
<span class="btn__icon" aria-hidden="true">⬇</span>
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</button>How this button is built
- Background: a 5-stop
linear-gradient()at 180° (#f8fafc → #94a3b8 → #e2e8f0 → #64748b → #cbd5e1). - Type: Unbounded, weight 700, 14px, in #0f172a.
- Shape: a fully rounded pill shape with 16px × 28px padding, plus a 1px solid border.
- Depth: a coloured glow, an inset highlight along the edge and a text shadow.
- Interaction: on hover it lifts 1px, brightens slightly and nudges its icon, 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 Unbounded 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.