#gradient CSS effects
5,189 free, pure-CSS effects match the "gradient" tag. Each is copy-ready and needs no library or build step.
Effects tagged #gradient
Stamp Ink Rotate Nav
Active link shows a rotated ink stamp badge with skewed impression.
Stamp Paper Fold Nav
Paper sheet nav with folded corner revealing the active item underneath.
Text Gradient Shift Link Navbar
Hovered links shift a gradient text fill smoothly across the letters.
Text Rainbow Flow Navbar
Active link text flows through a rainbow gradient animation.
Vertical Tab Fill Bg
Vertical tabs with a sliding colored fill background on hover.
Vertical Tab Pill Morph
Vertical tabs where the active pill morphs smoothly between items.
Vertical Tab Progress Bar
Vertical tabs with an active progress bar fill on the active item.
Circle Mask Wipe Nav
Active indicator revealed by a circle that expands outward from the link.
Wipe Right Reveal Nav
Active tab revealed by a rightward wipe sweeping across the nav bar.
Aurora Queue Progress
An upload queue where three files each carry their own track, ratio and percentage read out.
Basalt Cells Progress
Twelve separate basalt cells act as one bar; eight of them are lit for the current value.
Canyon Quota Progress
A storage quota bar that prints used against total and drops two threshold markers on the track.
Cove Status Progress
The status line and the bar share one timeline, so the label flips to complete as the fill lands.
Delta Poll Progress
Poll rows where the vote share is painted behind the option name instead of on a separate track.
Ember Health Progress
A skewed game health bar whose colour is read off a fixed red to lime ramp and split by notches.
Fjord Rating Progress
A review breakdown that stacks five bars from five stars down to one under an average score.
Forge Conveyor Progress
Crates ride a treading belt and drop into a bin that is already filled to two thirds.
Frost Bar Progress
A flat frosted bar with a label row and a soft cyan glow on the filled span.
Garnet Native Progress
The real progress element restyled with separate WebKit and Gecko pseudo element rules.
Gilt Arc Progress
An art deco crown of five nested arches where the three gilded bands mark the reached value.
Ivory Slide Progress
An indeterminate bar: a soft ivory shuttle keeps running across the track with no fixed value.
Jade Column Progress
Five vertical jade columns fill from the bottom, each carrying its own label underneath.
Lattice Fuel Progress
A fuel gauge with a blinking droplet icon, empty and full end marks and a low reserve fill.
Meadow Thermo Progress
A thermometer with a bulb, a graduated scale column and a mercury level parked at sixty eight percent.
Mica Grid Progress
Progress drawn as a grid of small mica tiles where fifteen of twenty four blocks are filled.
Monsoon XP Progress
A level badge sits beside an experience bar that is divided into ten notched tenths.
Mosaic Orbit Progress
A hexagonal cell fills from its base instead of a circle while a small hex satellite orbits it.
Ochre Wander Progress
Sand runs out of a funnel in a thin stream and the grains wander down onto a growing heap.
Pearl Cell Progress
A battery shaped indicator with a moulded cap and a pearl fill sitting at seventy eight percent.
Prairie Usage Progress
A plan usage meter with banded tiers and a bubble pointer that hangs over the current value.
Ratchet Segments Progress
Seven chamfered LED segments climb a green to red ramp with five of them currently driven.
Ruby Drop Progress
A download row with a bobbing arrow glyph, a transferred size read out and a ruby fill.
Savanna Target Progress
A bullet style comparison where the reached bar runs under a raised marker showing the target.
Shaft Fraction Progress
Progress printed as a plain fraction over twelve slats, seven of which are already driven.
Slate Block Progress
A chunky inset slab where the percentage is printed inside the filled block itself.
Spindle Signal Progress
Four rising strength bars where three are lit and the leading one keeps breathing on the edge.
Summit Numeral Progress
The value is the interface: an oversized clipped gradient numeral over a rule that matches its share.
Tide Tube Progress
A vertical glass tube holds a liquid level at fifty five percent while bubbles rise through it.
Topaz Skills Progress
A three row skill list where each label sits above its own topaz coloured meter.
Tundra Glass Progress
An hourglass built from two clipped triangles where the upper chamber drains as the lower one packs.
Turbine Charge Progress
An upright cell whose electrolyte keeps climbing behind a bolt glyph while it charges.
Velour Lull Progress
A neumorphic groove pressed into a soft slab, holding a raised pill and a slowly breathing marker.
Vitrine Glide Progress
A frosted glass panel floating over coloured light, with a specular streak gliding across it.
Brass Groove Slider
A deep machined groove holds a polished brass bead between end caps.
Dune Curve Slider
Layered shading bows a perfectly flat rail into what reads as a rounded dune crest.
Fjord Zoom Control
A zoom rail flanked by minus and plus glyphs drawn purely from background bars.
Lapis Brightness Slider
A brightness rail brightening from night blue to daylight between two markers.
Prairie Zone Slider
The rail is banded into low, mid and high zones with a matching legend underneath.
Ruby Heat Slider
A thermostat rail shifting from cold cyan to ruby heat with a scale beneath.
Amber Segment Control
An iOS style segmented control with a springy amber thumb and scaling panels.
Arc Vapor Tabs
A vaporwave grid horizon where the underline swings along a shallow arc, not a line.
Basalt Icon Tabs
Icon only tabs cut from dark basalt with an ember bar riding the top edge.
Bearing Difficulty Tabs
Difficulty tabs counted in bearing balls that seat themselves when chosen.
Delta Language Tabs
A language picker whose two letter code chip fills in as the greeting swaps below.
Dune Right Aligned Tabs
Tabs pushed to the right of a titled bar, marked by a widening sand coloured rule.
Dynamo Tracking Tabs
The active label spreads its letters apart while a charge line sweeps beneath it.
Fjord Billing Period Tabs
A billing period switch with a sliding thumb, a saving badge and a swapping price.
Girder Report Type Tabs
Report tabs sitting on a truss whose zigzag shifts under the active span.
Gleam Lacquer Tabs
Deep lacquered plates where a narrow specular highlight sweeps over the open tab.
Glide Glass Tabs
A frosted glass pane stretches as it glides between the labels of the bar.
Granite Gradient Tabs
The active tab fills with a granite gradient while the panel rail slides sideways.
Halo Mist Tabs
A soft aura swells out of the chosen tab while the panel resolves out of a haze.
Hush Noir Tabs
Venetian blind shadows across a dark room, with one spotlight moving between the tabs.
Ivory Progress Tabs
An ivory progress line under the panel grows as later tabs are selected.
Kindle Riso Print Tabs
Two risograph ink layers start out of register and snap together on the chosen tab.
Meadow Thumbnail Tabs
Gallery thumbnails act as tabs and the full frame above cross fades with its caption.
Mesa Right Side Tabs
The tab column sits on the right and a stone coloured rail rides down beside it.
Opal Thick Underline
A thick underline drifts between tabs while its opal gradient keeps shifting.
Quartz Vertical Tabs
A vertical tab column with a violet rail that travels along the right edge.
Quiver Mosaic Tabs
Stained glass tabs over dark grout whose panel tiles light up one after another.
Ratchet Account Type Tabs
A pawl steps across a toothed rack to pick between two account types.
Reef Centered Pill Tabs
Centred pill tabs on an open bar; the active pill keeps breathing in coral light.
Rivet Auth Form Tabs
Riveted plates switch between a sign in and a sign up form with real fields.
Spindle Code Preview Tabs
A preview and code pair whose spindle keeps turning on whichever side is open.
Tether Divider Tabs
Hairline dividers split the tabs and a tether drops from the active one to the panel.
Verge Page Turn Tabs
Cream book leaves bound at the spine; each panel turns over from the left edge.
Wander Bauhaus Tabs
Primary shapes on a striped ground; the ground itself shifts instead of an indicator.