Text Shadow CSS Generator

Fast, accurate and free online text shadow css generator tool running directly in your browser.

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Warstwy cienia (1)

Ready style:

Warstwa #1

X offset 2px

Y offset 2px

Blur 0px

Shadow color

Transparency (Alpha) 35%

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Text Shadow

Text color

Preview text

The background color of the preview

Font size 64px

Thickness (Weight) 800

Letter spacing 0em

The resulting CSS code

text-shadow: 2px 2px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);

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CSS text-shadow generator - layers, presets and creative effects

This tool creates multi-layered shadows for text in pure CSS. You add layers, set shifts, blur, color and opacity, and the generator combines it with the value oftext-shadow. You also get ready-made neon, emboss and long shadow presets, as well as practical recipes for future projects.

How the text-shadow Generator works

The mechanism builds one value of thetext-shadowproperty from any number of layers. Each layer has four parameters:x,y,blur andcolorwith alpha. Layers are joined by commas. The order is important because the shadow added later lands above the earlier one, which makes it easier to precisely model glows and reliefs.

Add and remove layers with one click.
Move layers up or down to change the rendering order.
Use the neon, emboss and long shadow presets as a starting point.
Copy the result with one click thanks to the eventcopy-css.

Input parameters and effect on the effect

Shadow layers

x- horizontal shift of the shadow in pixels.
y- vertical shift of the shadow in pixels.
blur- blur radius. Zero gives sharp edges.
color anda- color and opacity, given as rgba.

Global settings

bg- preview background color. It helps you choose contrast.
text- test content. Enter an effect name or heading.
size- font size in px. Good ranges are 48 to 96.
weight- thickness. Large values emphasize shadows.
letter- spaces between characters in em.

Presets and when to use them

Preset	Layers	Application
neon	several blurred layers in the same color	retro-style inscriptions, CTA on a dark background, event banners
emboss	two sharp layers diagonally, light and dark	subtle relief in dashboards and settings panels
long	many sharp layers with increasing offsets	posters, hero headers, poster typography

Examples of text-shadow values

Neon cyan

text-shadow:
  0px 0px 4px rgba(34, 211, 238, 1),
  0px 0px 12px rgba(34, 211, 238, .8),
  0px 0px 24px rgba(34, 211, 238, .6);

Emboss on light background

text-shadow:
  1px 1px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15),
  -1px -1px 0px rgba(255, 255, 255, .80);

Long shadow 20 layers

/* short description of the idea */
text-shadow:
  1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.04),
  2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.04),
  3px 3px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.04),
  ...,
  20px 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.04);

Recipes for immediate use

Brand glow in 2 colors

.hero-glow {
  color: #fff;
  text-shadow:
    0 0 10px rgba(59, 130, 246, .45),
    0 0 24px rgba(14, 165, 233, .35);
}

Sharp 1px pseudo outline without text-stroke

.text-outline {
  color: #111;
  text-shadow:
    1px 0 0 #fff, -1px 0 0 #fff,
    0 1px 0 #fff, 0 -1px 0 #fff;
}

Accessibility and Contrast

A strong glow on a light background may reduce readability. Maintain a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for bold headings. If the effect is only decorative, apply it to headings and leave the body of the paragraphs without shadows.

On dark backgrounds, us