Free CSS Text Shadow Generator — Multi-Layer, Live Preview
Build complex CSS text-shadow effects visually — no hand-coding required. Stack up to 10 shadow layers, use smart one-click effect generators for Neon, 3D, Long Shadow and Fire, then export clean code in CSS, SCSS, React or Tailwind format. 100% free, no signup.
How to Create a CSS Text Shadow
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Choose a Preset or Smart EffectPick from 20 named presets — Neon Cyan, 3D Red, Long Shadow Dark — or click a Smart Effect button to auto-generate a multi-layer stack.
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Edit Each Shadow LayerClick any layer in the list to edit its X/Y offset, blur, color and opacity. Add up to 10 layers. Drag to reorder. Toggle visibility per layer.
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Type Your Own TextClick the preview area to type your own word or phrase. Change the font family, size, weight, text color and background to match your project.
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Copy or DownloadSwitch between CSS, SCSS, CSS Variable, React or Tailwind output. Toggle Animated to get a @keyframes pulsing version. Download as PNG image or .css file.
Export Formats
CSS
Standard text-shadow property, ready to paste into any stylesheet.
SCSS
Assigns the value to a $text-shadow variable for Sass projects.
CSS Var
Defines a --text-shadow custom property on :root for design tokens.
React
Outputs a style object with camelCase textShadow for inline JSX styles.
Tailwind
Generates a tailwind.config.js theme extension block for custom shadow utilities.
Smart Effect Generators
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Long ShadowGenerates 80 stacked layers at 1px diagonal increments — the classic flat-design long shadow effect. Impossible to build manually, done in one click.
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3D DepthStacks 10 layers with increasing Y offset, darkening toward the bottom — creates a thick, extruded 3D typographic look.
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Neon GlowFour blur layers at increasing radii with the same hue — mimics the diffuse glow of a neon sign effect on dark backgrounds.
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FireOrange, red and yellow glow layers stacked around the text — simulates a flame aura effect popular in gaming and event posters.
Frequently Asked Questions
The CSS text-shadow property adds shadow effects to text. Each shadow takes an X offset, Y offset, blur radius, and color. Multiple shadows can be comma-separated to stack complex effects like neon glows, 3D depth, and long shadows.
Yes. All features — multi-layer editing, smart effect generators, 20 presets, all export formats, PNG download, and undo/redo — are completely free with no account or signup required.
You can add up to 10 manually-controlled shadow layers. Smart effects like Long Shadow auto-generate up to 80 layers internally — the CSS value is still valid, but very long shadow stacks may affect rendering performance on older devices.
Yes. Switch to React format in the export panel to get an inline style object with camelCase textShadow property, ready to use directly in JSX.
When Animated is on, the exported CSS wraps your shadow in a @keyframes block that pulses the shadow between full and dimmed intensity on a 2-second loop — perfect for hero text and landing page effects.
Long Shadow generates 80 comma-separated shadow values, each offset by 1px diagonally from the last, with decreasing opacity. This creates the illusion of a long, flat shadow stretching across the background — a technique popularized in flat design.
Yes. Click "Download PNG" to capture the preview text with all shadow layers applied as a 1200×600px PNG image. This uses an SVG foreignObject approach to preserve the exact CSS text-shadow rendering.
Yes. The text-shadow property has full support in all modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. No vendor prefixes are needed.