CSS Box Shadow Generator
Build depth from independently editable outer and inset shadow layers while keeping the final declaration easy to copy.
Shadow controls
Presets
Live Preview
Preview appearance
Generated CSS
box-shadow: 0px 8px 24px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18);How to use CSS Box Shadow Generator
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Select Soft, Medium, Strong, Floating or Inset as a starting point, or edit the current layer directly.
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Set Horizontal, Vertical, Blur, Spread, color and Opacity; enable Inset for an inner shadow.
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Click Add shadow to create another layer, select its tab for editing and remove layers you no longer need.
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Adjust the preview background, box color, text color and border radius to evaluate the effect in context.
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Copy the Generated CSS when the combined shadow stack looks right.
Frequently asked questions
About CSS Box Shadow Generator
Convincing elevation often combines a broad soft shadow with a tighter contact shadow, while inset depth requires an entirely different placement. CSS Box Shadow Generator keeps these effects as separate selectable layers instead of forcing users to edit a dense comma-separated string.
Each layer exposes the complete CSS model: horizontal and vertical offset, blur, spread, color, alpha and inset. Presets quickly establish familiar strengths, but every value remains editable and up to six layers can contribute to the final stack.
Preview controls simulate different surfaces and corner shapes without contaminating the result. The generated declaration contains only box-shadow, preserving a clean handoff into an existing component style.