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CSS Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)

Every button state side by side in one row — rest, hover, focus, pressed, truly disabled, and aria-disabled (focusable, explains itself, refuses activation). The hover/focus/pressed cards are frozen with state classes so you can compare all six simultaneously instead of chasing a pointer.

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<div class="cb-07">
  <div class="cb-07__stage">
    <div class="cb-07__row">
      <button class="cb-07__btn" type="button">Rest</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn is-hover" type="button">Hover</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn is-focus" type="button">Focus</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn is-active" type="button">Pressed</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn" type="button" disabled>Disabled</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn" type="button" aria-disabled="true" aria-describedby="cb-07-why">Unavailable</button>
      <span class="cb-07__sr" id="cb-07-why">Complete the form above to enable this action</span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-07 {
  --bg: #f5f5f3;
  --accent: #0f766e;
  --ink: #ffffff;
  --muted: #6b7280;
  --fill: var(--accent);
  --fill-h: #0d6a62;
  --fill-a: #0b5a53;
  --fill-d: #dcdcd8;
  --radius: .7rem;
  --sans: "Schibsted Grotesk",ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: var(--bg);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-07 {
    --bg: oklch(96.8% .004 110);
    --accent: oklch(48% .1 180);
    --fill-h: oklch(44% .1 180);
    --fill-a: oklch(39% .09 180);
    --fill-d: oklch(89% .006 110);
    --muted: oklch(48% .01 260);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .cb-07:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --bg: #0b0d0d;
    --accent: #14b8a6;
    --ink: #04201d;
    --fill-h: #0fa295;
    --fill-a: #0c8b80;
    --fill-d: #23282a;
    --muted: #9aa3a8;
  }
}

.cb-07[data-theme="dark"] {
  --bg: #0b0d0d;
  --accent: #14b8a6;
  --ink: #04201d;
  --fill-h: #0fa295;
  --fill-a: #0c8b80;
  --fill-d: #23282a;
  --muted: #9aa3a8;
}

.cb-07,
.cb-07 *,
.cb-07 *::before,
.cb-07 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-07__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-07__sr {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip-path: inset(50%);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.cb-07__row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .75rem;
  max-width: 44rem;
}

.cb-07__btn {
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  min-height: 3rem;
  min-width: 7.5rem;
  padding: 0 1.35rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: .9375rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--fill);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 18px -12px color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 85%,transparent);
  transition: background-color .18s ease, translate .18s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), scale .18s ease;
}

.cb-07__btn:hover,
.cb-07__btn.is-hover {
  --fill: var(--fill-h);
  translate: 0 -1px;
}

.cb-07__btn:focus-visible,
.cb-07__btn.is-focus {
  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

.cb-07__btn:active,
.cb-07__btn.is-active {
  --fill: var(--fill-a);
  translate: 0 1px;
  scale: .985;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.cb-07__btn:disabled,
.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"] {
  --fill: var(--fill-d);
  color: var(--muted);
  cursor: not-allowed;
  box-shadow: none;
  translate: 0;
  scale: 1;
}

.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"] {
  cursor: not-allowed;
}

.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"]:active {
  animation: cb-07-nope .32s cubic-bezier(.36,.07,.19,.97);
}

@keyframes cb-07-nope {
  0%,
    100% {
    translate: 0 0;
  }

  25% {
    translate: -3px 0;
  }

  75% {
    translate: 3px 0;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-07__btn {
    transition: none;
  }

  .cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"]:active {
    animation: none;
    outline: 2px dashed var(--muted);
    outline-offset: 2px;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-07__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-07__btn:disabled,
    .cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"] {
    color: GrayText;
    border-color: GrayText;
  }
}
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Every button state side by side in one row — rest, hover, focus, pressed, truly disabled, and aria-disabled (focusable, explains itself, refuses activation). The hover/focus/pressed cards are frozen with state classes so you can compare all six simultaneously instead of chasing a pointer.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cb-07">
  <div class="cb-07__stage">
    <div class="cb-07__row">
      <button class="cb-07__btn" type="button">Rest</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn is-hover" type="button">Hover</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn is-focus" type="button">Focus</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn is-active" type="button">Pressed</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn" type="button" disabled>Disabled</button>
      <button class="cb-07__btn" type="button" aria-disabled="true" aria-describedby="cb-07-why">Unavailable</button>
      <span class="cb-07__sr" id="cb-07-why">Complete the form above to enable this action</span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-07 {
  --bg: #f5f5f3;
  --accent: #0f766e;
  --ink: #ffffff;
  --muted: #6b7280;
  --fill: var(--accent);
  --fill-h: #0d6a62;
  --fill-a: #0b5a53;
  --fill-d: #dcdcd8;
  --radius: .7rem;
  --sans: "Schibsted Grotesk",ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: var(--bg);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-07 {
    --bg: oklch(96.8% .004 110);
    --accent: oklch(48% .1 180);
    --fill-h: oklch(44% .1 180);
    --fill-a: oklch(39% .09 180);
    --fill-d: oklch(89% .006 110);
    --muted: oklch(48% .01 260);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .cb-07:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --bg: #0b0d0d;
    --accent: #14b8a6;
    --ink: #04201d;
    --fill-h: #0fa295;
    --fill-a: #0c8b80;
    --fill-d: #23282a;
    --muted: #9aa3a8;
  }
}

.cb-07[data-theme="dark"] {
  --bg: #0b0d0d;
  --accent: #14b8a6;
  --ink: #04201d;
  --fill-h: #0fa295;
  --fill-a: #0c8b80;
  --fill-d: #23282a;
  --muted: #9aa3a8;
}

.cb-07,
.cb-07 *,
.cb-07 *::before,
.cb-07 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-07__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-07__sr {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip-path: inset(50%);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.cb-07__row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .75rem;
  max-width: 44rem;
}

.cb-07__btn {
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  min-height: 3rem;
  min-width: 7.5rem;
  padding: 0 1.35rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: .9375rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--fill);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 18px -12px color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 85%,transparent);
  transition: background-color .18s ease, translate .18s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), scale .18s ease;
}

.cb-07__btn:hover,
.cb-07__btn.is-hover {
  --fill: var(--fill-h);
  translate: 0 -1px;
}

.cb-07__btn:focus-visible,
.cb-07__btn.is-focus {
  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

.cb-07__btn:active,
.cb-07__btn.is-active {
  --fill: var(--fill-a);
  translate: 0 1px;
  scale: .985;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.cb-07__btn:disabled,
.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"] {
  --fill: var(--fill-d);
  color: var(--muted);
  cursor: not-allowed;
  box-shadow: none;
  translate: 0;
  scale: 1;
}

.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"] {
  cursor: not-allowed;
}

.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"]:active {
  animation: cb-07-nope .32s cubic-bezier(.36,.07,.19,.97);
}

@keyframes cb-07-nope {
  0%,
    100% {
    translate: 0 0;
  }

  25% {
    translate: -3px 0;
  }

  75% {
    translate: 3px 0;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-07__btn {
    transition: none;
  }

  .cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"]:active {
    animation: none;
    outline: 2px dashed var(--muted);
    outline-offset: 2px;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-07__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-07__btn:disabled,
    .cb-07__btn[aria-disabled="true"] {
    color: GrayText;
    border-color: GrayText;
  }
}
```

How this works

The base button reads its look from state tokens, and each real pseudo-class is paired with a forced class so a static screenshot can show it:

.cb-07__btn:hover,.cb-07__btn.is-hover{ --fill:var(--fill-h); translate:0 -1px; }
.cb-07__btn:focus-visible,.cb-07__btn.is-focus{ outline:2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset:3px; }
.cb-07__btn:active,.cb-07__btn.is-active{ --fill:var(--fill-a); translate:0 1px; scale:.985; }

The two "off" states are deliberately different. disabled removes the button from the tab order and from the accessibility tree's interactive set — correct for a control that is irrelevant right now. aria-disabled="true" keeps it focusable and announceable, which is correct for "you can't do this yet" — and CSS can style it identically:

.cb-07__btn:disabled,
.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled='true']{
  --fill:var(--fill-d); color:var(--muted);
  cursor:not-allowed; box-shadow:none;
}
.cb-07__btn[aria-disabled='true']:active{ animation:cb-07-nope .3s; }

The aria-disabled card shakes on click to acknowledge the press without acting on it, and both variants keep the label above 4.5:1 contrast — greying text into illegibility is the classic disabled-state mistake.

Make it yours

  • Tune the disabled look with the three --fill-* tokens; avoid opacity on the whole button since it also fades focus rings and icons.
  • For aria-disabled buttons in real code, block the action in JS (if (btn.getAttribute('aria-disabled') === 'true') return;) — ARIA changes semantics, not behaviour.
  • Add a loading state by copying the disabled rule and pairing it with aria-busy instead.
  • Drop the .is-* demo classes in production — they exist only to display frozen states.
  • If your brand disabled colour fails contrast, keep the fill and darken only the label; WCAG has no exemption for disabled text, and users still need to read it.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • disabled buttons never fire pointer or focus events, so a tooltip explaining why can't appear on them. That is the main reason to prefer aria-disabled on form submits.
  • opacity:.5 is not a disabled style, it is a contrast bug. Compute the real disabled colours.
  • cursor:not-allowed is a hint, not a state; without a visual fill change colour-blind and zoomed users get nothing.
  • Never disable a submit button to prevent double submission without also handling the keyboard "Enter" path — the form can still submit.
  • In forced-colors mode GrayText is the only reliable disabled colour; browser-defined system colours override your tokens by design.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.2+113+111+

Floor set by oklch(), color-mix() as this demo is written. The core technique itself goes back further — Chrome 88+.

Everything here is baseline CSS: :disabled, [aria-disabled], :focus-visible (Chrome 86 / Safari 15.4 / Firefox 85) and system colours in forced-colors mode.

Techniques used in this demo

clip-pathMDN ↗color-mix()MDN ↗@keyframesMDN ↗clamp()MDN ↗place-items / place-contentMDN ↗oklch()MDN ↗

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