Googly Eyes Text
The two O's in the word are eyes that glance left, glance right, roll up and blink. The pupils are pseudo-elements sharing one keyframe, and the blink squashes each eye with scaleY.
Also known as: eyes looking around css, blinking eyes text, cartoon eyes animation.
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HTML
<div class="txt-googly-eyes-text" aria-label="Look">L<span class="txt-googly-eyes-text-eyes" aria-hidden="true"><i></i><i></i></span>k</div>
CSS
.txt-googly-eyes-text {
--c: var(--txt-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: var(--txt-size, 32px);
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 1.2;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: baseline;
color: var(--c);}
.txt-googly-eyes-text-eyes {
display: inline-flex;
gap: 0.05em;
margin: 0 0.04em;
}
.txt-googly-eyes-text i {
position: relative;
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 0.6em;
height: 0.6em;
border: 0.08em solid var(--c);
border-radius: 50%;
background: #fff;
animation: txt-googly-eyes-text-blink 4s infinite;
}
/* the pupil */
.txt-googly-eyes-text i::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
width: 0.24em;
height: 0.24em;
margin: -0.12em 0 0 -0.12em;
border-radius: 50%;
background: var(--c);
animation: txt-googly-eyes-text-look 4s cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.2, 1) infinite;
}
@keyframes txt-googly-eyes-text-look {
0%, 8%, 76%, 100% { transform: translate(0, 0); }
12%, 30% { transform: translate(-0.12em, 0.03em); }
34%, 52% { transform: translate(0.12em, 0.03em); }
57%, 70% { transform: translate(0.02em, -0.12em); }
}
@keyframes txt-googly-eyes-text-blink {
0%, 84%, 90%, 100% { transform: scaleY(1); }
87% { transform: scaleY(0.1); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.txt-googly-eyes-text, .txt-googly-eyes-text *, .txt-googly-eyes-text::before, .txt-googly-eyes-text::after, .txt-googly-eyes-text *::before, .txt-googly-eyes-text *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--txt-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Font size: set
--txt-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing40px. - 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.