Light Neumorphic Cards with CSS
Tags: css, html, design, webdev
Published: 2020-11-15 05:28:07

**[YouTube Video by me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcjAdygudqg)**

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Today we are going to learn how to make animated **Neumorphic Cards** by using CSS.

We would be using just **CSS and HTML** to animate the cards.

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**Final Outcome**

![Final Outcome](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/akkays6jpp71rl0bp1gu.png)

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**CodePen**

{% codepen https://codepen.io/arc-coder/pen/BazMvLK %}

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**HTML Code**

```
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
        <title>CSS Light Neumorphic Cards</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="card">
                <div class="box">
                    <div class="content">
                        <h2>01</h2>
                        <h3>Card One</h3>
                        <p>
                            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing
                            elit. Dolorum exercitationem explicabo, quae eaque
                            fuga quia adipisci quo? Corporis, in nihil.
                        </p>
                        <a href="#">Read More</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="card">
                <div class="box">
                    <div class="content">
                        <h2>02</h2>
                        <h3>Card Two</h3>
                        <p>
                            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing
                            elit. Dolorum exercitationem explicabo, quae eaque
                            fuga quia adipisci quo? Corporis, in nihil.
                        </p>
                        <a href="#">Read More</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="card">
                <div class="box">
                    <div class="content">
                        <h2>03</h2>
                        <h3>Card Three</h3>
                        <p>
                            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing
                            elit. Dolorum exercitationem explicabo, quae eaque
                            fuga quia adipisci quo? Corporis, in nihil.
                        </p>
                        <a href="#">Read More</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>
```

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**CSS Code**

```
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400&display=swap");

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}

body {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    min-height: 100vh;
    background: #ebf5fc;
}

.container {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    max-width: 1200px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    padding: 40px 0;
}

.container .card {
    position: relative;
    width: 320px;
    height: 440px;
    box-shadow: inset 5px 5px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05),
                inset -5px -5px 5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5),
                5px 5px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05),
                -5px -5px 5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
    border-radius: 15px;
    margin: 30px;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.container .card .box {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    position: absolute;
    top: 20px;
    left: 20px;
    right: 20px;
    bottom: 20px;
    background: #ebf5fc;
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    border-radius: 15px;
    transition: transform 500ms linear,
                box-shadow 500ms linear,
                background 500ms linear;
}

.container .card:hover .box {
    transform: translateY(-50px);
    box-shadow: 0 10px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, #b95ce4, #4f29cd);
}

.container .card .box .content {
    padding: 20px;
    text-align: center;
}

.container .card .box .content h2 {
    position: absolute;
    top: -10px;
    right: 30px;
    font-size: 8em;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02);
    transition: color 500ms linear;
}

.container .card:hover .box .content h2 {
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
}

.container .card .box .content h3 {
    font-size: 1.8em;
    color: #777;
    z-index: 1;
    transition: color 500ms linear;
}

.container .card .box .content p {
    font-size: 1em;
    font-weight: 300;
    color: #777;
    z-index: 1;
    transition: color 500ms linear;
}

.container .card:hover .box .content h3,
.container .card:hover .box .content p {
    color: #fff;
}

.container .card .box .content a {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 8px 20px;
    background: #03a9f4;
    margin-top: 15px;
    border-radius: 20px;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 400;
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}

.container .card:hover .box .content a {
    background: #ff568f;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1140px) {
    .container {
        flex-direction: column;
    }
}
```