Text Shadow Generator
Build CSS text-shadow values visually. Tune X/Y offset, blur, and color. Stack multiple layers for neon or 3D text effects.
What you'll use this for
Text shadows give type a sense of depth — from subtle drop shadows for readability to neon glows and 3D effects.
Heading effects
Lift heading text off photographic backgrounds with a soft drop shadow to maintain legibility.
Neon text
Stack a few small-blur same-color shadows to fake the bloom of glowing tube lights.
Game UI
Cartoonish stacked offsets give text a chunky 3D look — perfect for menus and HUDs.
Logo design
Punch up wordmark logos with a tight close shadow that suggests a printed offset.
How to build a text-shadow
Set offset
X and Y control where the shadow falls. Try (2px, 2px) for a classic drop or (0, 0) for a glow.
Tune blur
Higher blur softens the shadow. text-shadow does not have a spread parameter, unlike box-shadow.
Stack layers
Click + to add another. Repeat the same color at increasing blurs to fake a glow.
Copy the CSS
Grab the generated value or download a snippet ready to drop into a stylesheet.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The generated CSS is valid and can be pasted directly into a stylesheet, style attribute, or CSS-in-JS string.
text-shadow is supported in every evergreen browser. It has been universally available since IE 10.
Yes. No signup, no limits, no ads.
text-shadow paints around individual glyphs (letters); box-shadow paints around the element box. text-shadow also has no spread and no inset.
Yes, all four sub-values (x, y, blur, color) are animatable. As with box-shadow, repaint cost can grow with multiple layers — keep an eye on FPS.
About CSS text-shadow
The CSS text-shadow property paints shadows behind text. The syntax is <x-offset> <y-offset> <blur> <color> — separate multiple shadows with commas. Unlike box-shadow, there is no spread and no inset keyword.
Patterns
- Drop shadow — small (1px, 1px, 2px) shadow with low-opacity black for legibility on busy backgrounds.
- Glow — zero offsets, high blur, matching or accent color. Stack several to intensify.
- 3D pop — increasing offsets in the same direction (1px 1px, 2px 2px, …) with darkening colors.
Browser support
- Universally supported in modern browsers.
- Animatable; respects
prefers-reduced-motionwith careful CSS. - See the MDN text-shadow reference.