8 Different Box Shadow Effects using CSS and HTML

Introduction:-

In this tutorial we are creating box shadow effects with using CSS. Drop shadows and inner shadows effects are generally apply using Photoshop or Corel Draw. But now we have CSS3 so, you don’t need design tools to add a drop shadow or an inner shadow effect to a box.

We are  using the box shadow property  which gives effect to box. You can creat multiple drop shadows by specifing values to box shadow property.The box-shadow property have 2-4 options, the required options are horizontal and vertical offsets, distance and colour are optional options.

Here I have provided whole code of the page with 8 different effects of box element.

Code In CSS/Html:-

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title> Aby Designs </title>
   

    <style type="text/css">
        

body{
    background-color:#F5DEB3;
}


/*Container*/
.container{
 width:820px;
 margin:30px auto;
 padding:25px;
 min-height:400px;
 height:auto; 
}
.container h2 { margin-top:30px;}

.box h3{
 text-align:center;
 position:relative;
 top:80px;
}
.box {
 width:70%;
 height:200px;
 background:#FFF;
 margin:40px auto;
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 1
 * ===============================================*/
.effect1{
 -webkit-box-shadow: 0 10px 6px -6px #777;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 10px 6px -6px #777;
         box-shadow: 0 10px 6px -6px #777;
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 2
 * ===============================================*/
.effect2
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect2:before, .effect2:after
{
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  bottom: 15px;
  left: 10px;
  width: 50%;
  top: 80%;
  max-width:300px;
  background: #777;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  transform: rotate(-3deg);
}
.effect2:after
{
  -webkit-transform: rotate(3deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(3deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(3deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(3deg);
  transform: rotate(3deg);
  right: 10px;
  left: auto;
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 3
 * ===============================================*/
.effect3
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect3:before
{
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  bottom: 15px;
  left: 10px;
  width: 50%;
  top: 80%;
  max-width:300px;
  background: #777;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(-3deg);
  transform: rotate(-3deg);
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 4
 * ===============================================*/
.effect4
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect4:after
{
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  bottom: 15px;
  right: 10px;
  left: auto;
  width: 50%;
  top: 80%;
  max-width:300px;
  background: #777;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(3deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(3deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(3deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(3deg);
  transform: rotate(3deg);
}  

/*==================================================
 * Effect 5
 * ===============================================*/
.effect5
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect5:before, .effect5:after
{
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  bottom: 25px;
  left: 10px;
  width: 50%;
  top: 80%;
  max-width:300px;
  background: #777;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 35px 20px #777;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 35px 20px #777;
  box-shadow: 0 35px 20px #777;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  transform: rotate(-8deg);
}
.effect5:after
{
  -webkit-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(8deg);
  transform: rotate(8deg);
  right: 10px;
  left: auto;
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 6
 * ===============================================*/
.effect6
{
   position:relative;       
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
       -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
            box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.effect6:before, .effect6:after
{
 content:"";
    position:absolute; 
    z-index:-1;
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    -moz-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    top:50%;
    bottom:0;
    left:10px;
    right:10px;
    -moz-border-radius:100px / 10px;
    border-radius:100px / 10px;
} 
.effect6:after
{
 right:10px; 
    left:auto;
    -webkit-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg); 
       -moz-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);     
        -ms-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);     
         -o-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg); 
            transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 7
 * ===============================================*/
.effect7
{
   position:relative;       
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
       -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
            box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.effect7:before, .effect7:after
{
 content:"";
    position:absolute; 
    z-index:-1;
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    -moz-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    top:0;
    bottom:0;
    left:10px;
    right:10px;
    -moz-border-radius:100px / 10px;
    border-radius:100px / 10px;
} 
.effect7:after
{
 right:10px; 
    left:auto;
    -webkit-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg); 
       -moz-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);     
        -ms-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);     
         -o-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg); 
            transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);
}

/*==================================================
 * Effect 8
 * ===============================================*/
.effect8
{
   position:relative;       
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
       -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
            box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.effect8:before, .effect8:after
{
 content:"";
    position:absolute; 
    z-index:-1;
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    -moz-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    top:10px;
    bottom:10px;
    left:0;
    right:0;
    -moz-border-radius:100px / 10px;
    border-radius:100px / 10px;
} 
.effect8:after
{
 right:10px; 
    left:auto;
    -webkit-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg); 
       -moz-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);     
        -ms-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);     
         -o-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg); 
            transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);
}  

/*Headers*/
h1 , h1 a, h1 a:hover{ color:#FFF; font-family: Arial; margin:10px;}
article h1, article h1 a, article h1 a:hover, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { line-height: 1.1em; color:#444;font-family: 'PT Sans Narrow', Calibri, 'Myriad Pro', Tahoma, Arial; padding: 10px 0; margin:0;}
article h1, article h1 a, h2 { font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: -1px;}
h3 { font-size: 30px; }
h4 { font-size: 22px;  font-weight: normal;  padding-bottom: 10px;}
h5 { font-size: 14px;}
h6 {}

​



    </style>

<script type="text/javascript">


</script>
</head>
<body>

<section class="container">
 <div class="box effect1">
  <h3>Effect 1</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect2">
  <h3>Effect 2</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect3">
  <h3>Effect 3</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect4">
  <h3>Effect 4</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect5">
  <h3>Effect 5</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect6">
  <h3>Effect 6</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect7">
  <h3>Effect 7</h3>
 </div>
 <div class="box effect8">
  <h3>Effect 8</h3>
 </div>
</section>
​

</body>


</html>

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