Build CSS gradients, box shadows, border-radius and clip-path shapes with live preview and one-click CSS. Every effect runs privately offline.
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Quick answer: CSS Gradient & Effects Studio — Gradients, shadows, radius & clip-path Free, no signup, runs in your browser. See below for the interactive tool, 4-step guide and FAQs.
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Four views sit behind one tab bar. Gradient blends two colors linearly or radially, Shadow dials a box-shadow, Radius shapes corners including elliptical blobs, and Clip path masks boxes into circles, ellipses, triangles, hexagons or stars. Coral #ff5733 to violet #8e2de2 at 135 degrees makes a sunset hero, while 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.15) lifts a card and 16px rounds it.
Linear gradients follow a 0 to 360 degree angle where 90 degrees runs left to right and 135 degrees runs diagonally, while radial gradients bloom from the center for glows and vignettes. Paste the copied linear-gradient(135deg,#ff5733,#8e2de2) into a stylesheet or button class. Banding on deep navy to black heroes eases when the two stops sit closer together.
Offset X and Y shift the shadow, blur diffuses its edge, spread expands its footprint and inset inverts it for recessed fields. A tight key like 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.12) suits buttons, 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.15) lifts cards, and 0 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.25) anchors modals. Production CSS stacks ambient and key layers with commas once you like each component.
Radius rounds the corners of a rectangle, from 8px inputs to 999px pills and 50 percent circles, and elliptical mode adds a separate vertical radius for organic blobs like 20px 40px / 40px 20px. Clip path replaces the rectangle entirely with a circle, ellipse or polygon shape such as a hexagon badge. Use radius for friendliness and clip path for distinctive silhouettes.
Gradients, shadows and radius enjoy universal support, and modern Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari render clip-path reliably while older engines ignore it. Rebuild any clipped element on a rectangular base so the layout survives when the shape drops out. Preview each effect on light and dark surfaces, since identical values read differently on white versus charcoal.
Nothing is uploaded. Every slider recomputes locally in your browser and the preview updates instantly, so unreleased explorations stay private and clear when the tab closes. Each view exposes a copy button that places a single clean declaration such as box-shadow, border-radius or clip-path on your clipboard, ready for Tailwind configs, stylesheets and Figma handoff.
Four views centralize common visual styling in one offline page. Gradient blends two colors linearly or radially, Shadow builds a box-shadow, Radius shapes corners with optional elliptical control, and Clip path masks a box into geometric shapes. A sunset hero uses linear-gradient(135deg,#ff5733,#8e2de2); a lifted card uses 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.15); a friendly button uses border-radius 999px; and a badge uses polygon hexagon points. Reference table: Gradient equals background blends, Shadow equals depth, Radius equals softened corners, and Clip path equals silhouettes, each copied as one declaration.
Gradients interpolate colors along an angle or radius, shadows offset and diffuse a translucent copy of the box, radius curves each corner independently, and clip path intersects the element with a shape. Pushing 135 degrees rotates a coral-to-violet blend to a diagonal, widening blur from 8 to 24 pixels softens a card lift, and raising a corner from 8 to 999 pixels turns a rounded chip into a capsule. Limitation: the studio previews single shadows and two-stop gradients, so multi-layer shadows and triple-color blends need manual commas, and clip path offers no fallback by itself, so keep a rectangular base for older engines.
Style a card end to end: pick 16px corner radius, layer 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.15) underneath, tint its header with linear-gradient(135deg,#6366f1,#ec4899), and mask an avatar with circle(50 percent). Edge case: 50 percent radius on a non-square box produces an ellipse rather than a circle, so size square first, and heavy blurs on dozens of scrolling cards cost paint time on low-end phones. Keep large blurs off long feeds and animate transforms instead. For accessible text over any effect, confirm ratios in the color contrast checker.