Liquid Glass Pill CSS Button

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Theme

A real <button> carrying .btn-liquid-glass-pill — the preview is the stylesheet, not a picture of it.

States

default

hover

focus-visible

active

disabled

not declared

.btn-liquid-glass-pill {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 14px 32px;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12));
  backdrop-filter: blur(18px) saturate(180%);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(18px) saturate(180%);
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
  cursor: pointer;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6), inset 0 -1px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15), inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.14), 0 14px 34px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35), 0 3px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
  transition: transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.3, 1), box-shadow 0.25s ease, backdrop-filter 0.25s ease;
}
.btn-liquid-glass-pill:hover {
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  backdrop-filter: blur(22px) saturate(210%) brightness(1.07);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(22px) saturate(210%) brightness(1.07);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7), inset 0 -1px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), 0 20px 44px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}
.btn-liquid-glass-pill:active {
  transform: translateY(0) scale(0.96);
}
.btn-liquid-glass-pill:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid currentColor;
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

Self-contained · MIT · no build step.btn-liquid-glass-pill

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Implementation notes

About the Liquid Glass Pill CSS button

Liquid Glass Pill uses a translucent surface designed to work over rich backgrounds. Its pill silhouette makes the label easy to scan in compact layouts. It combines a five-layer shadow and a 250ms hover lift. The liquid details are included in the copy-paste CSS.

Usage

<button class="btn-liquid-glass-pill">Button</button>

Pair it with the CSS tab above — the class is self-contained.

Before shipping: keep the semantic button element, verify contrast on your actual background and add a visible:focus-visible state. If you retain motion, include a prefers-reduced-motion override.

Built with: HTML + plain CSS
Shape: Pill
Exports: CSS, Tailwind, React
License: MIT · commercial use

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