Liquid Wallpaper Background
Rich color pools slowly fold into each other like a modern desktop wallpaper, with a soft highlight gliding through. Three blurred conic gradients turn at different speeds around off-center points.
Also known as: moving gradient background css, animated gradient background, macos wallpaper gradient css, fluid gradient background.
HTML
<div class="bgx-liquid-wallpaper" aria-hidden="true"><span></span><span></span><span></span></div>
CSS
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper {
--c: var(--bgx-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: var(--bgx-size, 16px);
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background: oklch(from var(--c) 0.42 0.16 calc(h - 10));
isolation: isolate;}
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper span {
position: absolute;
left: var(--x);
top: var(--y);
width: max(130%, 36em);
aspect-ratio: 1;
translate: -50% -50%;
border-radius: 50%;
filter: blur(2.5em);
animation: bgx-liquid-wallpaper-turn var(--t) linear infinite var(--dir, normal);
}
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper span:nth-child(1) {
--x: 20%; --y: 10%; --t: 28s;
background: conic-gradient(oklch(from var(--c) 0.72 0.17 calc(h + 0)), oklch(from var(--c) 0.55 0.2 calc(h + 50)), oklch(from var(--c) 0.82 0.12 calc(h - 70)), oklch(from var(--c) 0.6 0.18 calc(h - 20)), oklch(from var(--c) 0.72 0.17 calc(h + 0)));
}
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper span:nth-child(2) {
--x: 85%; --y: 90%; --t: 34s; --dir: reverse;
width: max(100%, 28em);
background: conic-gradient(oklch(from var(--c) 0.5 0.2 calc(h + 80)), transparent 30%, oklch(from var(--c) 0.78 0.14 calc(h + 130)), transparent 70%, oklch(from var(--c) 0.5 0.2 calc(h + 80)));
mix-blend-mode: hard-light;
}
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper span:nth-child(3) {
--x: 55%; --y: 45%; --t: 20s;
width: max(70%, 20em);
background: conic-gradient(from 90deg, rgb(255 255 255 / 0.5), transparent 25%, transparent 50%, rgb(255 255 255 / 0.35) 75%, transparent);
mix-blend-mode: soft-light;
}
@keyframes bgx-liquid-wallpaper-turn {
to { rotate: 360deg; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper::before, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper::after, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper *, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper *::before, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper *::after { animation-play-state: paused; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.bgx-liquid-wallpaper, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper *, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper::before, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper::after, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper *::before, .bgx-liquid-wallpaper *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--bgx-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Pattern scale: set
--bgx-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing16px. - Speed: change the duration on the
transitionoranimationshorthand. Staggered delays are relative, so they keep their rhythm. - Reduced motion: the rule at the end of the CSS turns the motion off for people who asked their OS for less of it. Keep it.