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text-shadow
The text-shadow CSS property adds shadows to text. It accepts a comma-separated list of shadows to be applied to the text and any of its decorations . Each shadow is described by some combination of X and Y offsets from the element, blur radius, and color.
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/* offset-x | offset-y | blur-radius | color */ text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black; /* color | offset-x | offset-y | blur-radius */ text-shadow: #fc0 1px 0 10px; /* offset-x | offset-y | color */ text-shadow: 5px 5px #558abb; /* color | offset-x | offset-y */ text-shadow: white 2px 5px; /* offset-x | offset-y /* Use defaults for color and blur-radius */ text-shadow: 5px 10px; /* Global values */ text-shadow: inherit; text-shadow: initial; text-shadow: revert; text-shadow: revert-layer; text-shadow: unset;
This property is specified as a comma-separated list of shadows.
Each shadow is specified as two or three values, followed optionally by a value. The first two values are the and values. The third, optional, value is the . The value is the shadow’s color.
When more than one shadow is given, shadows are applied front-to-back, with the first-specified shadow on top.
Values
Optional. The color of the shadow. It can be specified either before or after the offset values. If unspecified, the color’s value is left up to the user agent, so when consistency across browsers is desired you should define it explicitly.
Formal definition
Initial value | none |
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Applies to | all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line . |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | a color plus three absolute lengths |
Animation type | a shadow list |
CSS Text Shadow
In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow (2px) and the vertical shadow (2px):
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Next, add a color (red) to the shadow:
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Then, add a blur effect (5px) to the shadow:
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Example 1
Text-shadow on a white text:
Example 2
Text-shadow with red neon glow:
Example 3
Text-shadow with red and blue neon glow:
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Tip: Go to our CSS Fonts chapter to learn about how to change fonts, text size and the style of a text.
Tip: Go to our CSS Text Effects chapter to learn about different text effects.
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CSS text-shadow Property
This property accepts a comma-separated list of shadows to be applied to the text.
Default value: | none |
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Inherited: | yes |
Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
Version: | CSS3 |
JavaScript syntax: | object.style.textShadow=»2px 5px 5px red» Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
CSS Syntax
Note: To add more than one shadow to the text, add a comma-separated list of shadows.
Property Values
Value | Description | Demo |
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h-shadow | Required. The position of the horizontal shadow. Negative values are allowed | Demo ❯ |
v-shadow | Required. The position of the vertical shadow. Negative values are allowed | Demo ❯ |
blur-radius | Optional. The blur radius. Default value is 0 | Demo ❯ |
color | Optional. The color of the shadow. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values | Demo ❯ |
none | Default value. No shadow | Demo ❯ |
initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
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Text-shadow with a blur effect:
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Text-shadow on a white text:
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Text-shadow with a red neon glow:
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Text-shadow with a red and blue neon glow:
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CSS Shadow Effects
In these chapters you will learn about the following properties:
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):
Text shadow effect!
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Next, add a color to the shadow:
Text shadow effect!
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Then, add a blur effect to the shadow:
Text shadow effect!
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The following example shows a white text with black shadow:
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The following example shows a red neon glow shadow:
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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:
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The following example shows a white text with black, blue, and darkblue shadow:
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You can also use the text-shadow property to create a plain border around some text (without shadows):
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