Glassmorphic Button Template

Create a beautiful "frosted glass" effect with this modern glassmorphic button.

This design style is perfect for interfaces that sit on top of colorful backgrounds, adding depth and a sense of layered perspective to your page.

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About the Glassmorphic Button

Glassmorphism is a design trend characterized by transparency, background blur, and a subtle border that makes an element look like it's made of frosted glass. This effect is useful for creating a visual hierarchy, making foreground elements distinct from the background while still allowing the background to show through. For the effect to be noticeable, it needs to be placed on a colorful or detailed background, such as a gradient or a photo.

Features

Frosted Glass Effect: The main effect is achieved with the backdrop-filter property, which blurs whatever is behind the element.
Subtle Transparency: A semi-transparent background-color allows the background to show through slightly.
Clean Border: A light, thin border helps to define the button's edges and enhances the "glass" look.
Accessible Focus State: Includes a standard high-contrast outline for keyboard navigation.

Code Breakdown

The glassmorphic effect is achieved with two CSS properties. First, background-color is set to a color with an alpha channel (e.g., rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)) to make the button partially transparent. Second, the backdrop-filter property is set to blur(), which applies a blur to everything visible behind the button. The container in this template uses a CSS gradient, but this can easily be swapped for a background-image to achieve the effect over a photograph.

Code

Here is the complete code for the glassmorphic button.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Glassmorphic Button</title>
    <style>
        /*
         Component: Glassmorphic Button
         Description: A button styled with a frosted-glass effect.
        */

:root {
            --glass-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
            --glass-border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
            --glass-bg-hover: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
            --glass-text-color: #ffffff;
            --glass-blur-amount: 8px;
            --glass-focus-outline: #ffffff;
        }

.glass-container-1 {
            font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            min-height: 300px;

/* 
             This effect requires a background to be visible behind the button.
             A CSS gradient is used here, but a background-image would also work perfectly.
             Example: background-image: url('path/to/your/image.jpg');
            */
            background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea 0%, #764ba2 100%);
            background-size: cover;
            background-position: center;
        }

.glass-btn-1 {
            display: inline-block;
            padding: 1rem 2rem;
            font-size: 1.1rem;
            font-weight: 600;
            text-align: center;
            
            color: var(--glass-text-color);
            background-color: var(--glass-bg-color);

border: 1px solid var(--glass-border-color);
            border-radius: 12px;
            cursor: pointer;
            text-decoration: none;

box-shadow: 0 4px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);

/* The core of the glassmorphism effect */
            backdrop-filter: blur(var(--glass-blur-amount));
            -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(var(--glass-blur-amount)); /* For Safari support */
            
            transition: background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, transform 0.2s ease;
        }

.glass-btn-1:hover {
            background-color: var(--glass-bg-hover);
            transform: translateY(-2px);
        }
        
        .glass-btn-1:focus-visible {
            outline: 2px solid var(--glass-focus-outline);
            outline-offset: 4px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="glass-container-1">
        <button type="button" class="glass-btn-1">Explore Now</button>
    </div>

</body>
</html>

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