Neo Brutalist Button
A flat, loud neo brutalist button with a hard offset shadow. On hover it slides into its shadow like a key pressed down. Border and shadow use currentColor, so they follow your text color.
Also known as: neubrutalism button, brutalist button css, hard shadow press.
HTML
<button class="btn-brutalist"><span class="btn-brutalist-label">Get started</span></button>
CSS
.btn-brutalist {
--c: var(--btn-color, #3b82f6);
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 0.5em;
font: 600 var(--btn-size, 18px)/1.2 system-ui, sans-serif;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 0.75em 1.5em;
border: 2px solid currentColor;
border-radius: 0.35em;
background: var(--c);
color: inherit;
box-shadow: 0.3em 0.3em 0 currentColor;
transition: transform 0.12s ease-out, box-shadow 0.12s ease-out;}
.btn-brutalist-label {
color: #fff;
font-weight: 800;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}
.btn-brutalist:is(:hover, :focus-visible) {
transform: translate(0.3em, 0.3em);
box-shadow: 0 0 0 currentColor;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn-brutalist, .btn-brutalist *, .btn-brutalist::before, .btn-brutalist::after, .btn-brutalist *::before, .btn-brutalist *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}Tailwind CSS version
The same effect using Tailwind utility classes. No custom CSS or config needed.
<button class="rounded-md border-2 border-gray-900 bg-blue-500 px-6 py-3 font-extrabold text-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_#111827] transition duration-100 hover:translate-x-1 hover:translate-y-1 hover:shadow-none"> Get started </button>
Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--btn-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Base size: set
--btn-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing18px. - 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.