Text Shadow

The text-shadow property adds shadow to text.

In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal and the vertical shadow.

In addition, you can add a shadow color and blur effect.

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1
{

  text-shadow: 2px 2px;

}

Next, add a color (red) to the shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1
{

  text-shadow: 2px 2px red;

}

Then, add a blur effect (5px) to the shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1
{

  text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px red;

}

More Text Shadow Examples

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {

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

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {

  text-shadow: 0 0 3px #ff0000;
}

Multiple Shadows

The text-shadow property also accepts multiple shadows for an element. Define each shadow in a comma-separated list.

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

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {

  text-shadow: 0 0 3px #ff0000, 0 0 5px #0000ff;
}

The following example shows a white text with black, blue, and red neon glow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {

  color: white;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0
  0 5px red;
}

Tip: Go to our CSS Fonts chapter to learn about how to change fonts, text size and the style of a text.

Tip: Go to our CSS Text Effects chapter to learn about different text effects.

The CSS Text Shadow Property