CSS & Design
CSS Box Shadow Generator
Create CSS box shadows with visual controls, multiple layers, and Material Design presets.
Shadow Layers
CSS
box-shadow: 0px 4px 15px 0px #00000026;
Presets
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About CSS Box Shadow Generator
OptiPix CSS Box Shadow Generator lets you design box shadows visually with sliders for horizontal offset, vertical offset, blur radius, spread radius, shadow color with opacity, and inset toggle. Add up to 5 layered shadows for complex, realistic effects. Choose from presets including Subtle, Medium, Large, Material Design elevations 1-5, Neumorphism, Hard Shadow, and Inner Glow. Preview the shadow on a card element in real time. Change the preview background color to test shadow visibility on different surfaces. Copy the generated CSS with one click. Everything runs locally in your browser.
How It Works
The tool constructs CSS box-shadow strings from the slider values. Each shadow layer is formatted as 'offsetX offsetY blur spread color' (with 'inset' prefix if toggled). Multiple layers are joined with commas. The preview element applies the generated CSS via inline styles.
Use Cases
- •Design card elevation effects for web applications
- •Create Material Design-style shadow hierarchies
- •Build custom button hover and active state shadows
- •Design neumorphic soft UI elements
- •Test shadow visibility on different background colors
Frequently Asked Questions
How many shadows can I layer?
What presets are available?
Can I create inset shadows?
Can I change the preview background?
Is any data sent to a server?
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