CSS Text Shadow Generator
Design a CSS text-shadow visually with a live preview and get the copy-paste CSS instantly. Free and private, right in your browser.
Drag a few sliders to shape a text-shadow value. Offset, blur, color, opacity, and watch the preview update live, then copy the finished CSS straight into your stylesheet. Handy for dialing in anything from a subtle depth effect on headings to a neon glow, without hand-tweaking pixel values in dev tools.
How to use it
- Adjust the X/Y offset and blur sliders while watching the live text preview
- Pick a shadow color and opacity (add more shadow layers for a glow or 3D effect)
- Copy the generated text-shadow CSS and paste it into your stylesheet
Frequently asked questions
- How do I get a soft glow effect instead of a hard drop shadow?
- Increase the blur radius while keeping the X and Y offsets close to 0. That centers the shadow behind the text and spreads it evenly, which reads as a glow rather than a directional shadow.
- Can I stack more than one shadow on the same text?
- Yes. Text-shadow accepts a comma-separated list of shadows, so you can layer a tight dark shadow for depth with a wider colored one for glow, and the generator lets you add and preview each layer before copying the combined CSS.
- Why does my shadow look different in the generator than on my actual site?
- Text-shadow renders relative to the font size and weight, so a shadow tuned on a large heading preview will look proportionally bigger on smaller body text. Copy the value onto the actual element and adjust offset/blur to match.
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Nothing is uploaded
The file never leaves your device. There is no server to send it to, so there is nothing to leak, log, or subpoena.
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No signup, no limits
No account, no email, no daily cap, no watermark, and no paid tier waiting behind the third file.
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Works offline
Load the page once and it keeps working with the network off, because all the work was always happening locally.