CSS Text Shadow

The CSS text-shadow property applies shadow to text.

In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow (2px) and the vertical shadow (2px):

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
text-shadow: 2px 2px;
}

Next, add a color to the shadow:

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
text-shadow: 2px 2px red;
}

Then, add a blur effect to the shadow:

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px red;
}

The following example shows a white text with black shadow:

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
color: white;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000;
}

The following example shows a red neon glow shadow:

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
text-shadow: 0 0 3px #FF0000;
}

Multiple Shadows

To add more than one shadow to the text, you can add a comma-separated list of shadows.

The following example shows a red and blue neon glow shadow:

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
text-shadow: 0 0 3px #FF0000, 0 0 5px #0000FF;
}

The following example shows a white text with black, blue, and darkblue shadow:

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
color: white;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0 0 5px darkblue;
}

You can also use the text-shadow property to create a plain border around some text (without shadows):

EXAMPLE:

h1 {
color: yellow;
text-shadow: -1px 0 black, 0 1px black, 1px 0 black, 0 -1px black;
}

The CSS box-shadow property applies shadow to elements.

In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow and the vertical shadow:

EXAMPLE:

div {
box-shadow: 10px 10px;
}

Next, add a color to the shadow:

EXAMPLE:

div {
box-shadow: 10px 10px grey;
}

Next, add a blur effect to the shadow:

EXAMPLE:

div {
box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px grey;
}

You can also use the box-shadow property to create paper-like cards:

EXAMPLE:

div.card {
  width: 250px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19);
  text-align: center;
}