CSS Text Shadow Generator

Overview

Add depth and visual interest to typography with text shadows. Control horizontal and vertical offset, blur radius, and color. Stack multiple shadows for effects like glow, 3D text, or neon signs. Test against light and dark backgrounds.

What is CSS Text Shadow?

The text-shadow CSS property adds shadows to text. It accepts a comma-separated list of shadows to be applied to the text, allowing you to create depth, emphasis, and visual interest in your typography.

How to Use Text Shadow

Text shadow accepts four values: horizontal offset, vertical offset, blur radius, and color. You can stack multiple shadows by separating them with commas, creating complex effects like 3D text, glows, and outlines.

Common Use Cases

• Adding depth to headings and hero text
• Creating readable text over images
• Designing glow effects and neon text
• Building 3D text effects with multiple shadows
• Improving text legibility with subtle shadows

Performance Considerations

Text shadows have minimal performance impact in modern browsers. However, using many shadows on large amounts of text can affect rendering performance on older devices.

Browser Support

Text shadow is widely supported across all modern browsers without the need for vendor prefixes.