Pill-Shaped Button Template

Add a touch of modern, friendly style to your interface with this soft, pill-shaped button.

This button's fully rounded corners create a capsule-like shape that is contemporary and approachable, ideal for actions in user-centric applications.

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About the Pill-Shaped Button

The pill-shaped button is a simple but effective variation of the standard button. Its defining characteristic is a large border-radius that creates fully rounded ends, regardless of the button's width. This design is often perceived as more modern and less formal than buttons with sharp corners, contributing to a softer overall aesthetic for a web page or application.

Features

Fully Rounded Shape: Achieved with a high border-radius value that ensures a perfect pill shape for any text length.
Subtle Hover Animation: A slight lift and shadow increase on hover provide pleasant feedback without being distracting.
Easy to Customize: All core styles like color and padding can be easily adjusted using the provided CSS custom properties.
CSS-Only and Accessible: The entire effect is created with pure HTML and CSS, and it includes a clear focus state for full accessibility.

Code Breakdown

The key to this button's shape is the CSS rule border-radius: 999px;. Using a very large, fixed pixel value (larger than half the button's height will ever be) is a robust way to ensure the ends are always perfectly semicircular. The rest of the styling is straightforward, providing a solid background color, text color, and smooth transitions for the hover and focus states.

Code

Here is the complete code for the pill-shaped button.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Pill-Shaped Button</title>
    <style>
        /*
         Component: Pill-Shaped Button
         Description: A button with fully rounded sides for a modern, friendly look.
        */

:root {
            --pill-bg: #1de9b6; /* A fresh, modern teal */
            --pill-text-color: #004d40;
            --pill-bg-hover: #00bfa5;
            --pill-focus-outline: #1de9b6;
        }

.pill-container-1 {
            font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            padding: 2rem;
            background-color: #f8f9fa;
        }

.pill-btn-1 {
            display: inline-block;
            padding: 0.9rem 2rem;
            font-size: 1.1rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            line-height: 1.5;
            text-align: center;
            
            color: var(--pill-text-color);
            background-color: var(--pill-bg);
            
            border: none;
            /* Use a large value to guarantee a pill shape regardless of button height */
            border-radius: 999px; 
            cursor: pointer;
            text-decoration: none;
            box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(29, 233, 182, 0.2);

transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
        }

.pill-btn-1:hover {
            background-color: var(--pill-bg-hover);
            transform: translateY(-2px);
            box-shadow: 0 6px 15px rgba(29, 233, 182, 0.3);
        }
        
        .pill-btn-1:active {
            transform: translateY(0);
            box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(29, 233, 182, 0.2);
        }
        
        .pill-btn-1:focus-visible {
            outline: 3px solid var(--pill-focus-outline);
            outline-offset: 3px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="pill-container-1">
        <button type="button" class="pill-btn-1">Start Your Journey</button>
    </div>

</body>
</html>

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