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Endless Penrose Stairs
A dot climbs an isometric Penrose staircase one hop at a time, crouching before each jump and squashing as it lands. Every hop goes up, yet the loop brings it back to the same step.
Also known as: penrose stairs animation, impossible staircase loader, endless stairs css, escher stairs loader.
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- Color: set
--ldr-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Size: set
--ldr-size. Every dimension in the snippet is derived from it. Currently previewing64px. - Speed: change the duration on the
animationshorthand. Delays on the children are relative, so they keep their rhythm. - Accessibility: the root carries
role="status"and anaria-labelso screen readers announce the wait. The reduced-motion rule at the end slows the animation for users who asked for less motion.