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  1. 01CSS Submit Button (Form Primary)
  2. 02CSS Primary and Secondary Button Pair
  3. 03CSS Ghost / Outline Button
  4. 04CSS Icon-Only Button with Accessible Tooltip
  5. 05CSS Gradient CTA Button
  6. 06CSS Loading Spinner Button (State Transition)
  7. 07CSS Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)
  8. 08CSS Button Group Component (Segmented Radio-Like)
  9. 09CSS Add to Cart Button
  10. 10CSS Download Progress Button
  11. 11CSS Like Heart Button
  12. 12CSS Confirm Delete Button
  13. 13CSS Play Pause Button
  14. 14CSS Subscribe Confetti Button
  15. 15CSS Magnetic Mercury Ripple Button
  16. 16CSS Brutalist Glitch Button
  17. 17CSS Neon Plasma Burst Button
  18. 18CSS Clay Press Button
  19. 19CSS Editorial Ink Spread Button
  20. 20CSS Particle Shard Burst Button
  21. 21CSS Brushed Brass Plate Button
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  23. 23CSS Frosted Ice Cube Button
  24. 24CSS Vintage Typewriter Key Button
  25. 25CSS Lacquered Walnut Wood Button
  26. 26CSS Pharma Gel Capsule Button
  27. 27CSS Aged Copper Coin Button
  28. 28CSS Origami Fortune Cookie Button
  29. 29CSS Holographic Foil Sticker Button
  30. 30CSS Brutalist Concrete Slab Button
  31. 31CSS Mercury Bead Morph Button
  32. 32CSS Soft Pill Modern SaaS Button
  33. 33CSS Masking Tape Label Button
  34. 34CSS Obsidian Glass Shard Button
  35. 35CSS Wine Velvet Ribbon Button
  36. 36CSS LED Segment Display Button
  37. 37CSS Cassette Mixtape Label Button
  38. 38CSS Chalkboard Menu Button
  39. 39CSS Vinyl Record Sleeve Ripple Button
  40. 40CSS Polaroid Snapshot Button
  41. 41CSS Airline Boarding Pass Button
  42. 42CSS Aged Brass Subway Token Button
  43. 43CSS Vintage Rx Pharmacy Label Button
  44. 44CSS Bakelite Radio Dial Toggle Button
  45. 45CSS Regal Postage Stamp Button
  46. 46CSS Victorian Cigar Band Foil Button
  47. 47CSS Vintage Calculator Key Button
  48. 48CSS Toolbox Latch Spotlight Button
  49. 49CSS Receipt Paper Total Count-Up Button
  50. 50CSS IBM Punch Card Magnetic Follow Button
  51. 51CSS Brass Periscope Lens Button
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CSS Submit Button (Form Primary)

The button every form ends with, engineered properly: a two-layer elevation shadow that reads as physical depth, a masked sheen that sweeps once on hover, a real 1px press travel, and a focus ring built from outline plus a soft halo so it survives on any background. Zero JavaScript, four states, one token block.

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<div class="cb-01">
  <div class="cb-01__stage">
    <button class="cb-01__btn" type="submit">
      <span>Create account</span>
      <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.1" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M4 12h14"/><path d="M12.5 5.5 19 12l-6.5 6.5"/></svg>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-01 {
  --bg: #f2f1ee;
  --accent: #16a34a;
  --on-accent: #ffffff;
  --shadow: #0b3d20;
  --radius: .9rem;
  --travel: 2px;
  --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-01 {
    --bg: oklch(96.5% .006 95);
    --accent: oklch(58% .15 152);
    --shadow: oklch(32% .09 155);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .cb-01:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --bg: #0e1211;
    --accent: #22c55e;
    --on-accent: #04140a;
    --shadow: #000000;
  }
}

.cb-01[data-theme="dark"] {
  --bg: #0e1211;
  --accent: #22c55e;
  --on-accent: #04140a;
  --shadow: #000000;
}

.cb-01,
.cb-01 *,
.cb-01 *::before,
.cb-01 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-01__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-01__btn {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .6rem;
  min-height: 3.25rem;
  padding: 0 1.6rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  color: var(--on-accent);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 88%,white),var(--accent));
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 38%,transparent), 0 1px 2px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 38%,transparent), 0 10px 24px -8px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 55%,transparent);
  transition: translate .22s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), box-shadow .22s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), filter .22s ease;
}

.cb-01__btn svg {
  width: 1.15rem;
  height: 1.15rem;
  transition: translate .3s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}

.cb-01__btn::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(105deg,transparent 35%,color-mix(in oklab,white 42%,transparent) 50%,transparent 65%);
  translate: -125% 0;
  transition: translate .8s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}

.cb-01__btn:hover {
  translate: 0 calc(var(--travel) * -1);
  filter: saturate(1.06);
}

.cb-01__btn:hover svg {
  translate: .2rem 0;
}

.cb-01__btn:hover::before,
.cb-01__btn:focus-visible::before {
  translate: 125% 0;
}

.cb-01__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 6px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 45%,transparent);
}

.cb-01__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 70%,black);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 38%,transparent), 0 0 0 6px color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 22%,transparent);
}

.cb-01__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  filter: grayscale(1);
  opacity: .5;
  box-shadow: none;
  translate: 0;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-01__btn,
    .cb-01__btn::before,
    .cb-01__btn svg {
    transition: none;
  }

  .cb-01__btn::before {
    display: none;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-01__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-01__btn::before {
    display: none;
  }
}
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Demo: CSS Submit Button (Form Primary)
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/css-buttons/css-submit-button-form-primary/

The button every form ends with, engineered properly: a two-layer elevation shadow that reads as physical depth, a masked sheen that sweeps once on hover, a real 1px press travel, and a focus ring built from outline plus a soft halo so it survives on any background. Zero JavaScript, four states, one token block.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cb-01">
  <div class="cb-01__stage">
    <button class="cb-01__btn" type="submit">
      <span>Create account</span>
      <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.1" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M4 12h14"/><path d="M12.5 5.5 19 12l-6.5 6.5"/></svg>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');

.cb-01 {
  --bg: #f2f1ee;
  --accent: #16a34a;
  --on-accent: #ffffff;
  --shadow: #0b3d20;
  --radius: .9rem;
  --travel: 2px;
  --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-01 {
    --bg: oklch(96.5% .006 95);
    --accent: oklch(58% .15 152);
    --shadow: oklch(32% .09 155);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .cb-01:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --bg: #0e1211;
    --accent: #22c55e;
    --on-accent: #04140a;
    --shadow: #000000;
  }
}

.cb-01[data-theme="dark"] {
  --bg: #0e1211;
  --accent: #22c55e;
  --on-accent: #04140a;
  --shadow: #000000;
}

.cb-01,
.cb-01 *,
.cb-01 *::before,
.cb-01 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-01__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-01__btn {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .6rem;
  min-height: 3.25rem;
  padding: 0 1.6rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  color: var(--on-accent);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 88%,white),var(--accent));
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 38%,transparent), 0 1px 2px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 38%,transparent), 0 10px 24px -8px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 55%,transparent);
  transition: translate .22s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), box-shadow .22s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), filter .22s ease;
}

.cb-01__btn svg {
  width: 1.15rem;
  height: 1.15rem;
  transition: translate .3s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}

.cb-01__btn::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(105deg,transparent 35%,color-mix(in oklab,white 42%,transparent) 50%,transparent 65%);
  translate: -125% 0;
  transition: translate .8s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}

.cb-01__btn:hover {
  translate: 0 calc(var(--travel) * -1);
  filter: saturate(1.06);
}

.cb-01__btn:hover svg {
  translate: .2rem 0;
}

.cb-01__btn:hover::before,
.cb-01__btn:focus-visible::before {
  translate: 125% 0;
}

.cb-01__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 6px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 45%,transparent);
}

.cb-01__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 70%,black);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 38%,transparent), 0 0 0 6px color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 22%,transparent);
}

.cb-01__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  filter: grayscale(1);
  opacity: .5;
  box-shadow: none;
  translate: 0;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-01__btn,
    .cb-01__btn::before,
    .cb-01__btn svg {
    transition: none;
  }

  .cb-01__btn::before {
    display: none;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-01__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .cb-01__btn::before {
    display: none;
  }
}
```

How this works

Depth comes from stacking shadows rather than one blurry drop — a tight contact shadow, a wide ambient shadow, and an inset top highlight that fakes a lit edge:

.cb-01__btn{
  background:linear-gradient(180deg,
    color-mix(in oklab,var(--accent) 92%,white),
    var(--accent));
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in oklab,white 38%,transparent),
    0 1px 2px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 40%,transparent),
    0 8px 20px -6px color-mix(in oklab,var(--shadow) 55%,transparent);
}

The sheen is a single pseudo-element translated across the button and clipped by overflow:hidden, so it costs one compositor layer and no repaint:

.cb-01__btn::before{
  content:''; position:absolute; inset:0;
  background:linear-gradient(105deg,transparent 35%,
    color-mix(in oklab,white 40%,transparent) 50%,transparent 65%);
  translate:-120% 0;
  transition:translate .75s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1);
}
.cb-01__btn:hover::before,
.cb-01__btn:focus-visible::before{ translate:120% 0; }

Because the hover and focus selectors are grouped, keyboard users get the identical feedback mouse users do — the single most-skipped detail in button CSS.

Make it yours

  • --accent drives fill, shadow tint, focus halo and the sheen mix; recolour the whole button by editing that one value.
  • Change the pressed feel with --travel: 1px is app-like, 3px reads as a chunky consumer CTA.
  • Swap the trailing arrow for any 24×24 stroke icon, or delete the <svg> — the grid gap collapses on its own.
  • For a full-width mobile submit, add width:100% at your form breakpoint; the internal grid already centres its contents.
  • Set --radius:999px for a pill, .375rem for a dense enterprise form.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • A bare <button> inside a form defaults to type="submit" — always write the type explicitly, because an unlabelled button in a modal or filter row will submit the form you forgot it was inside.
  • Never remove outline without replacing it. :focus-visible lets you keep the ring for keyboards and hide it for mouse clicks — that is the entire point of the pseudo-class.
  • overflow:hidden clips the sheen but would also clip an outline drawn inside the box; keep the ring on outline (drawn outside) rather than an inset shadow.
  • Transitioning box-shadow is a paint-bound property. Two shadows is fine; six will drop frames on a long list of buttons — transition translate and swap shadows discretely if you scale up.
  • color-mix() is unsupported below Chrome 111 / Safari 16.2, so the hex token block must stay as the first declaration, not be replaced by it.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.2+113+111+

Individual transform properties (translate/scale) need Chrome 104 / Safari 14.1 / Firefox 72. color-mix() needs Chrome 111 / Safari 16.2 / Firefox 113 and falls back to the flat hex tokens declared first. :focus-visible is universal since 2022.

Techniques used in this demo

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

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