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title: CSS Shadows
description: "> ## CSS Shadow Effects > > > > With CSS you can add shadow to text and to elements. > > > > In these chapters you will learn about the following properties: > > > > - `text-shadow`…"
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updated: "2021-05-11"
category: CSS
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# CSS Shadows

> ## CSS Shadow Effects
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> With CSS you can add shadow to text and to elements.
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> In these chapters you will learn about the following properties:
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> - `text-shadow`
> - `box-shadow`

## CSS Text Shadow

The CSS `text-shadow` property applies shadow to text.

In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow (2px) and the vertical shadow (2px):

## Text shadow effect!

      `h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px;
}`

Next, add a color to the shadow:

## Text shadow effect!

     `h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px red;
}`

Then, add a blur effect to the shadow:

## Text shadow effect!

             `h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px red;
}`

The following example shows a white text with black shadow:

## Text shadow effect!

     `h1 {
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000;
}`

The following example shows a red neon glow shadow:

## Text shadow effect!

             `h1 {
  text-shadow: 0 0 3px #FF0000;
}`

## Multiple Shadows

To add more than one shadow to the text, you can add a comma-separated list of shadows.

The following example shows a red and blue neon glow shadow:

## Text shadow effect!

             `h1 {
  text-shadow: 0 0 3px #FF0000, 0 0 5px #0000FF;
}`

The following example shows a white text with black, blue, and darkblue shadow:

## Text shadow effect!

             `h1 {
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0 0 5px darkblue;
}`

You can also use the text-shadow property to create a plain border around some text (without shadows):

## Border around text!

             `h1 {
  color: yellow;
  text-shadow: -1px 0 black, 0 1px black, 1px 0 black, 0 -1px black;
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