What this glassmorphism generator does
Glassmorphism is the frosted-glass look popularised by modern operating systems and dashboards: a translucent panel that blurs whatever sits behind it, edged with a faint highlight and lifted off the page by a soft shadow. This tool lets you dial in that effect with six sliders and two colour pickers, watch the card update in real time over a colourful background, and copy a clean, ready-to-paste CSS snippet.
The effect is built from four CSS channels working together. The blur comes from
backdrop-filter, which blurs the pixels behind the element rather than the
element itself. A semi-transparent background tints the glass. A faint
border in white at low opacity simulates the bright edge of a real pane, stopping it
from melting into the page. Finally a box-shadow separates the card from its canvas.
The four CSS ingredients
| Property | Example value | Visual role |
|---|---|---|
backdrop-filter | blur(12px) | Diffuses the colours directly behind the card |
background | rgba(255,255,255,.25) | Sets the glass tint and overall translucency |
border | 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3) | Adds the bright reflective edge of real glass |
box-shadow | 0 10px 20px rgba(0,0,0,.1) | Lifts the card off the background for depth |
A worked example
Leave the defaults in place and the generator emits a 12-pixel blur, a 25% white tint, a 30%
white 1-pixel border and a soft shadow. Paste that block onto a div positioned over
a gradient or photo and you instantly get a credible glass panel. Push the blur toward 25px for a
heavier frost, drop the background opacity for a clearer pane, or swap the card colour to a dark
slate such as #0f172a when the design sits on a light page and you want a smoked-glass
effect instead.