Text Fill Hover Effect
The accent color wipes across the word from left to right on hover. The fill is a background clipped to the text, so only background-size animates and the glyphs never move.
Also known as: text fill on hover, background clip text hover, color wipe text.
Explore
HTML
<div class="hfx-text-fill-wipe">Explore</div>
CSS
.hfx-text-fill-wipe {
--c: var(--hfx-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: calc(var(--hfx-size, 16px) * 2.5);
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 800;
line-height: 1.15;
cursor: default;
display: inline-block;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
background:
linear-gradient(var(--c), var(--c)) 0 0 / 0% 100% no-repeat,
linear-gradient(currentColor, currentColor);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
transition: background-size 0.55s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);}
.hfx-text-fill-wipe:hover { background-size: 100% 100%, auto; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.hfx-text-fill-wipe, .hfx-text-fill-wipe *, .hfx-text-fill-wipe::before, .hfx-text-fill-wipe::after, .hfx-text-fill-wipe *::before, .hfx-text-fill-wipe *::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.
<span class="bg-[linear-gradient(#3b82f6,#3b82f6),linear-gradient(#111827,#111827)] bg-[length:0%_100%,100%_100%] bg-no-repeat bg-clip-text text-5xl font-extrabold text-transparent transition-[background-size] duration-500 hover:bg-[length:100%_100%,100%_100%]"> Explore </span>
Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--hfx-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Base size: set
--hfx-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.