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CSS Primary and Secondary Button Pair

One shared button recipe, two visual weights, and a container that stacks them on a phone without a media query — hierarchy done the way a design system does it: the variant classes override only three tokens each, so every state, size and focus behaviour is written once.

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<div class="cb-02">
  <div class="cb-02__stage">
    <div class="cb-02__pair">
      <button class="cb-02__btn cb-02__btn--primary" type="button">Start free trial</button>
      <button class="cb-02__btn cb-02__btn--secondary" type="button">Book a demo</button>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-02 {
  --bg: #f6f6f4;
  --surface: #ffffff;
  --text: #141416;
  --muted: #5f5f68;
  --line: #dcdcd6;
  --accent: #4f39f6;
  --on-accent: #ffffff;
  --radius: .75rem;
  --sans: "Plus Jakarta Sans",ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-02 {
    --bg: oklch(97% .003 90);
    --accent: oklch(51% .23 279);
    --text: oklch(16% .01 285);
    --line: oklch(89% .008 90);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .cb-02:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --bg: #0c0c0f;
    --surface: #17171c;
    --text: #f4f4f7;
    --muted: #a1a1ad;
    --line: #2c2c35;
    --accent: #8b7cff;
    --on-accent: #0b0a1a;
  }
}

.cb-02[data-theme="dark"] {
  --bg: #0c0c0f;
  --surface: #17171c;
  --text: #f4f4f7;
  --muted: #a1a1ad;
  --line: #2c2c35;
  --accent: #8b7cff;
  --on-accent: #0b0a1a;
}

.cb-02,
.cb-02 *,
.cb-02 *::before,
.cb-02 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-02__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-02__pair {
  container-type: inline-size;
  width: min(100%,26rem);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .75rem;
}

.cb-02__btn {
  --ring: transparent;
  --ring-w: 0px;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  min-height: 3rem;
  padding: 0 1.5rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: .9375rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  background: var(--fill);
  color: var(--ink);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--ring-w) var(--ring);
  transition: translate .2s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), background-color .2s ease, box-shadow .2s ease;
}

.cb-02__btn--primary {
  --fill: var(--accent);
  --ink: var(--on-accent);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 20px -10px color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 80%,transparent);
}

.cb-02__btn--secondary {
  --fill: var(--surface);
  --ink: var(--text);
  --ring: var(--line);
  --ring-w: 1px;
}

.cb-02__btn:hover {
  translate: 0 -1px;
}

.cb-02__btn--primary:hover {
  --fill: color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 88%,black);
}

.cb-02__btn--secondary:hover {
  --fill: color-mix(in oklab,var(--text) 5%,var(--surface));
  --ring: color-mix(in oklab,var(--text) 22%,var(--line));
}

.cb-02__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
}

.cb-02__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
  outline-offset: 2px;
}

.cb-02__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  opacity: .45;
  translate: 0;
}

@container (max-width: 22rem) {
  .cb-02__btn {
    flex: 1 1 100%;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-02__btn {
    transition: none;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-02__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-02__btn--primary {
    background: Highlight;
    color: HighlightText;
  }
}
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One shared button recipe, two visual weights, and a container that stacks them on a phone without a media query — hierarchy done the way a design system does it: the variant classes override only three tokens each, so every state, size and focus behaviour is written once.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cb-02">
  <div class="cb-02__stage">
    <div class="cb-02__pair">
      <button class="cb-02__btn cb-02__btn--primary" type="button">Start free trial</button>
      <button class="cb-02__btn cb-02__btn--secondary" type="button">Book a demo</button>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-02 {
  --bg: #f6f6f4;
  --surface: #ffffff;
  --text: #141416;
  --muted: #5f5f68;
  --line: #dcdcd6;
  --accent: #4f39f6;
  --on-accent: #ffffff;
  --radius: .75rem;
  --sans: "Plus Jakarta Sans",ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-02 {
    --bg: oklch(97% .003 90);
    --accent: oklch(51% .23 279);
    --text: oklch(16% .01 285);
    --line: oklch(89% .008 90);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .cb-02:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --bg: #0c0c0f;
    --surface: #17171c;
    --text: #f4f4f7;
    --muted: #a1a1ad;
    --line: #2c2c35;
    --accent: #8b7cff;
    --on-accent: #0b0a1a;
  }
}

.cb-02[data-theme="dark"] {
  --bg: #0c0c0f;
  --surface: #17171c;
  --text: #f4f4f7;
  --muted: #a1a1ad;
  --line: #2c2c35;
  --accent: #8b7cff;
  --on-accent: #0b0a1a;
}

.cb-02,
.cb-02 *,
.cb-02 *::before,
.cb-02 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-02__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-02__pair {
  container-type: inline-size;
  width: min(100%,26rem);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .75rem;
}

.cb-02__btn {
  --ring: transparent;
  --ring-w: 0px;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  min-height: 3rem;
  padding: 0 1.5rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: .9375rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  background: var(--fill);
  color: var(--ink);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--ring-w) var(--ring);
  transition: translate .2s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), background-color .2s ease, box-shadow .2s ease;
}

.cb-02__btn--primary {
  --fill: var(--accent);
  --ink: var(--on-accent);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 20px -10px color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 80%,transparent);
}

.cb-02__btn--secondary {
  --fill: var(--surface);
  --ink: var(--text);
  --ring: var(--line);
  --ring-w: 1px;
}

.cb-02__btn:hover {
  translate: 0 -1px;
}

.cb-02__btn--primary:hover {
  --fill: color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 88%,black);
}

.cb-02__btn--secondary:hover {
  --fill: color-mix(in oklab,var(--text) 5%,var(--surface));
  --ring: color-mix(in oklab,var(--text) 22%,var(--line));
}

.cb-02__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
}

.cb-02__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
  outline-offset: 2px;
}

.cb-02__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  opacity: .45;
  translate: 0;
}

@container (max-width: 22rem) {
  .cb-02__btn {
    flex: 1 1 100%;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-02__btn {
    transition: none;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-02__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-02__btn--primary {
    background: Highlight;
    color: HighlightText;
  }
}
```

How this works

Both buttons share a single base rule and read their look from three tokens. The variants are pure token swaps, which is why they can never drift apart:

.cb-02__btn{
  background:var(--fill); color:var(--ink);
  box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 var(--ring-w) var(--ring);
}
.cb-02__btn--primary{ --fill:var(--accent); --ink:var(--on-accent); --ring-w:0px; }
.cb-02__btn--secondary{ --fill:var(--surface); --ink:var(--text); --ring:var(--line); --ring-w:1px; }

The pair wraps with flex-wrap, and a container query — not a viewport query — makes them go full-width when the slot is narrow, so the component behaves correctly inside a sidebar as well as a hero:

.cb-02__pair{ container-type:inline-size; display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:.75rem; }
@container (max-width: 22rem){
  .cb-02__btn{ flex:1 1 100%; }
}

Order matters for accessibility: the primary comes first in the DOM so screen-reader and keyboard order matches importance, and on mobile CSS keeps it visually first too.

Make it yours

  • Add a third weight (tertiary/quiet) in four lines: --fill:transparent; --ink:var(--muted); --ring-w:0px; plus a hover tint.
  • Flip the container breakpoint value to control when the pair stacks — it is measured on the wrapper, so nest it anywhere.
  • For a destructive pair, set --accent to your danger colour on the wrapper; both buttons re-derive automatically.
  • Match your form controls by aligning --radius and min-height with your inputs — 3rem / .75rem is a safe pairing.
  • Reverse visual order for right-to-left or cancel-first platforms with flex-direction:row-reverse and no markup change.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • A secondary button must still pass 4.5:1 text contrast — grey-on-grey is the most common accessibility failure in button pairs. Test the label, not the border.
  • Container queries require container-type on the wrapper, which creates a containment context; absolutely-positioned children inside it now resolve against the wrapper.
  • Don't build the secondary with border if the primary has none — the extra 2px changes the height. Use an inset box-shadow ring so both variants measure identically.
  • Two visually equal buttons is not hierarchy; if both look primary, users hesitate measurably longer. One decision per screen.
  • gap on a wrapping flex row applies to both axes, so the stacked layout gets its spacing free — margins would double up.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.2+113+111+

Floor set by oklch(), color-mix(), @container as this demo is written. The core technique itself goes back further — Chrome 105+.

Container queries need Chrome 105 / Safari 16 / Firefox 110; without them the pair still wraps via flex-wrap and simply doesn't go full-width. Everything else is baseline CSS.

Techniques used in this demo

container queriesMDN ↗color-mix()MDN ↗clamp()MDN ↗place-items / place-contentMDN ↗:focus-visibleMDN ↗box-shadowMDN ↗

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