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Diagonal Slanted Grid Calendar
Aggressive sports/gaming energy: a clip-path banner, week rows skewed with skewX and numbers counter-skewed to stay upright. Today is a red diagonal-split block with a corner flag, event days get skew-corrected underline bars, and footer stat panels match the slant.
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<div class="cal27">
<div class="cal27__wrap">
<div class="cal27__head">
<div class="cal27__title">June · 2026</div>
<div class="cal27__nav">
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">‹</button>
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">›</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__dow">
<div class="cal27__dw">Sun</div><div class="cal27__dw">Mon</div><div class="cal27__dw">Tue</div>
<div class="cal27__dw">Wed</div><div class="cal27__dw">Thu</div><div class="cal27__dw">Fri</div><div class="cal27__dw">Sat</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__grid" id="cal27Grid">
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">31</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">6</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">7</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell today"><span class="cal27__n">8</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">9</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">10</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">11</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">12</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">13</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">14</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">15</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">16</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">17</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">18</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">19</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">20</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">21</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">22</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">23</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">24</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__foot">
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">12</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Events</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">08</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Sessions</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">07</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Days left</div></div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div><div class="cal27">
<div class="cal27__wrap">
<div class="cal27__head">
<div class="cal27__title">June · 2026</div>
<div class="cal27__nav">
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">‹</button>
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">›</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__dow">
<div class="cal27__dw">Sun</div><div class="cal27__dw">Mon</div><div class="cal27__dw">Tue</div>
<div class="cal27__dw">Wed</div><div class="cal27__dw">Thu</div><div class="cal27__dw">Fri</div><div class="cal27__dw">Sat</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__grid" id="cal27Grid">
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">31</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">6</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">7</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell today"><span class="cal27__n">8</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">9</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">10</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">11</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">12</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">13</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">14</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">15</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">16</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">17</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">18</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">19</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">20</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">21</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">22</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">23</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">24</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__foot">
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">12</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Events</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">08</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Sessions</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">07</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Days left</div></div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>.cal27,
.cal27 *,
.cal27 *::before,
.cal27 *::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.cal27 ::selection {
background: #ff3b30;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27 {
--bg: #101216;
--bg2: #16191f;
--panel: #1d2129;
--panel2: #252a34;
--text: #f2f4f8;
--text2: #8a92a6;
--text3: #4a5160;
--red: #ff3b30;
--lime: #c6ff00;
--cyan: #00e0ff;
--amber: #ffb300;
font-family: 'Saira', sans-serif;
background: var(--bg);
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding: 40px 20px;
color: var(--text);
overflow: hidden;
}
/* diagonal stripe background */
.cal27::before {
content: '';
position: fixed;
inset: -20%;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
-22deg,
transparent 0, transparent 60px,
rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 60px, rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 61px
);
pointer-events: none;
}
@keyframes cal27-in {
from {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateX(-30px) skewX(-3deg);
}
to {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateX(0) skewX(0);
}
}
@keyframes cal27-flash {
0%,
100% {
opacity: 1;
}
50% {
opacity: 0.6;
}
}
.cal27__wrap {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
max-width: 720px;
width: 100%;
animation: cal27-in 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1) both;
}
/* ── Header — slanted banner ── */
.cal27__head {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
background: var(--red);
padding: 14px 28px;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 22px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.cal27__title {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 36px;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 1;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27__nav {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__nav-btn {
width: 38px;
height: 38px;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
border: none;
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
cursor: pointer;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 85% 100%, 0 100%);
transition: background 0.15s;
user-select: none;
}
.cal27__nav-btn:hover {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
/* DOW slanted strip */
.cal27__dow {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
background: var(--panel2);
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 14px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.cal27__dw {
text-align: center;
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 13px;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
padding: 8px 0;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SLANTED GRID — each row is skewed,
numbers counter-skewed to stay upright.
Diagonal cut via clip-path + skewX.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ */
.cal27__grid {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__row {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
gap: 6px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__cell {
aspect-ratio: 1.15;
background: var(--panel);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
cursor: pointer;
position: relative;
transition: all 0.18s;
overflow: hidden;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
}
.cal27__cell:hover {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.other {
background: var(--bg2);
pointer-events: none;
}
/* counter-skew the contents so numbers read upright */
.cal27__n {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 22px;
color: var(--text);
transform: skewX(12deg);
line-height: 1;
}
.cal27__cell.other .cal27__n {
color: var(--text3);
}
/* today — red slash block */
.cal27__cell.today {
background: linear-gradient(110deg, var(--red) 60%, #d62d23 60%);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.today .cal27__n {
color: #fff;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__cell.today::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 14px 14px 0;
border-color: transparent var(--lime) transparent transparent;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
/* selected */
.cal27__cell.selected {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.selected .cal27__n {
color: var(--cyan);
font-weight: 900;
}
/* event flag — colored corner triangle */
.cal27__cell.ev::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: 5px;
left: 8px;
width: 16px;
height: 3px;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--lime::before {
background: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--cyan::before {
background: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--amber::before {
background: #ffb300;
}
/* ── Footer slanted stats ── */
.cal27__foot {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
margin-top: 10px;
}
.cal27__stat {
flex: 1;
background: var(--panel);
padding: 12px 18px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-inner {
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-val {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 28px;
line-height: 1;
font-style: italic;
}
.cal27__stat-lbl {
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
margin-top: 3px;
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(1) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--red);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(2) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(3) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--cyan);
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
.cal27__title {
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__n {
font-size: 17px;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.cal27 * {
animation: none !important;
transition: none !important;
}
}.cal27,
.cal27 *,
.cal27 *::before,
.cal27 *::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.cal27 ::selection {
background: #ff3b30;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27 {
--bg: #101216;
--bg2: #16191f;
--panel: #1d2129;
--panel2: #252a34;
--text: #f2f4f8;
--text2: #8a92a6;
--text3: #4a5160;
--red: #ff3b30;
--lime: #c6ff00;
--cyan: #00e0ff;
--amber: #ffb300;
font-family: 'Saira', sans-serif;
background: var(--bg);
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding: 40px 20px;
color: var(--text);
overflow: hidden;
}
/* diagonal stripe background */
.cal27::before {
content: '';
position: fixed;
inset: -20%;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
-22deg,
transparent 0, transparent 60px,
rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 60px, rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 61px
);
pointer-events: none;
}
@keyframes cal27-in {
from {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateX(-30px) skewX(-3deg);
}
to {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateX(0) skewX(0);
}
}
@keyframes cal27-flash {
0%,
100% {
opacity: 1;
}
50% {
opacity: 0.6;
}
}
.cal27__wrap {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
max-width: 720px;
width: 100%;
animation: cal27-in 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1) both;
}
/* ── Header — slanted banner ── */
.cal27__head {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
background: var(--red);
padding: 14px 28px;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 22px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.cal27__title {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 36px;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 1;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27__nav {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__nav-btn {
width: 38px;
height: 38px;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
border: none;
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
cursor: pointer;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 85% 100%, 0 100%);
transition: background 0.15s;
user-select: none;
}
.cal27__nav-btn:hover {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
/* DOW slanted strip */
.cal27__dow {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
background: var(--panel2);
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 14px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.cal27__dw {
text-align: center;
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 13px;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
padding: 8px 0;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SLANTED GRID — each row is skewed,
numbers counter-skewed to stay upright.
Diagonal cut via clip-path + skewX.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ */
.cal27__grid {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__row {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
gap: 6px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__cell {
aspect-ratio: 1.15;
background: var(--panel);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
cursor: pointer;
position: relative;
transition: all 0.18s;
overflow: hidden;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
}
.cal27__cell:hover {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.other {
background: var(--bg2);
pointer-events: none;
}
/* counter-skew the contents so numbers read upright */
.cal27__n {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 22px;
color: var(--text);
transform: skewX(12deg);
line-height: 1;
}
.cal27__cell.other .cal27__n {
color: var(--text3);
}
/* today — red slash block */
.cal27__cell.today {
background: linear-gradient(110deg, var(--red) 60%, #d62d23 60%);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.today .cal27__n {
color: #fff;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__cell.today::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 14px 14px 0;
border-color: transparent var(--lime) transparent transparent;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
/* selected */
.cal27__cell.selected {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.selected .cal27__n {
color: var(--cyan);
font-weight: 900;
}
/* event flag — colored corner triangle */
.cal27__cell.ev::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: 5px;
left: 8px;
width: 16px;
height: 3px;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--lime::before {
background: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--cyan::before {
background: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--amber::before {
background: #ffb300;
}
/* ── Footer slanted stats ── */
.cal27__foot {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
margin-top: 10px;
}
.cal27__stat {
flex: 1;
background: var(--panel);
padding: 12px 18px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-inner {
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-val {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 28px;
line-height: 1;
font-style: italic;
}
.cal27__stat-lbl {
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
margin-top: 3px;
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(1) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--red);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(2) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(3) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--cyan);
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
.cal27__title {
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__n {
font-size: 17px;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.cal27 * {
animation: none !important;
transition: none !important;
}
}document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell:not(.other)').forEach(cell => {
cell.addEventListener('click', function() {
document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell').forEach(c => c.classList.remove('selected'));
this.classList.add('selected');
});
});document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell:not(.other)').forEach(cell => {
cell.addEventListener('click', function() {
document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell').forEach(c => c.classList.remove('selected'));
this.classList.add('selected');
});
});Here's a working CSS Calendar from CodeFronts. Use it as-is or adapt to your framework. All classes are scoped under a unique prefix so the code won't collide with your existing styles. MIT licensed.
Demo: Diagonal Slanted Grid Calendar
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/css-calendar-designs/diagonal-slanted-grid-calendar/
Aggressive sports/gaming energy: a clip-path banner, week rows skewed with skewX and numbers counter-skewed to stay upright. Today is a red diagonal-split block with a corner flag, event days get skew-corrected underline bars, and footer stat panels match the slant.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cal27">
<div class="cal27__wrap">
<div class="cal27__head">
<div class="cal27__title">June · 2026</div>
<div class="cal27__nav">
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">‹</button>
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">›</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__dow">
<div class="cal27__dw">Sun</div><div class="cal27__dw">Mon</div><div class="cal27__dw">Tue</div>
<div class="cal27__dw">Wed</div><div class="cal27__dw">Thu</div><div class="cal27__dw">Fri</div><div class="cal27__dw">Sat</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__grid" id="cal27Grid">
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">31</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">6</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">7</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell today"><span class="cal27__n">8</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">9</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">10</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">11</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">12</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">13</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">14</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">15</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">16</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">17</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">18</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">19</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">20</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">21</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">22</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">23</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">24</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__foot">
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">12</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Events</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">08</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Sessions</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">07</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Days left</div></div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
.cal27,
.cal27 *,
.cal27 *::before,
.cal27 *::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.cal27 ::selection {
background: #ff3b30;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27 {
--bg: #101216;
--bg2: #16191f;
--panel: #1d2129;
--panel2: #252a34;
--text: #f2f4f8;
--text2: #8a92a6;
--text3: #4a5160;
--red: #ff3b30;
--lime: #c6ff00;
--cyan: #00e0ff;
--amber: #ffb300;
font-family: 'Saira', sans-serif;
background: var(--bg);
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding: 40px 20px;
color: var(--text);
overflow: hidden;
}
/* diagonal stripe background */
.cal27::before {
content: '';
position: fixed;
inset: -20%;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
-22deg,
transparent 0, transparent 60px,
rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 60px, rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 61px
);
pointer-events: none;
}
@keyframes cal27-in {
from {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateX(-30px) skewX(-3deg);
}
to {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateX(0) skewX(0);
}
}
@keyframes cal27-flash {
0%,
100% {
opacity: 1;
}
50% {
opacity: 0.6;
}
}
.cal27__wrap {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
max-width: 720px;
width: 100%;
animation: cal27-in 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1) both;
}
/* ── Header — slanted banner ── */
.cal27__head {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
background: var(--red);
padding: 14px 28px;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 22px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.cal27__title {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 36px;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 1;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27__nav {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__nav-btn {
width: 38px;
height: 38px;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
border: none;
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
cursor: pointer;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 85% 100%, 0 100%);
transition: background 0.15s;
user-select: none;
}
.cal27__nav-btn:hover {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
/* DOW slanted strip */
.cal27__dow {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
background: var(--panel2);
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 14px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.cal27__dw {
text-align: center;
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 13px;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
padding: 8px 0;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SLANTED GRID — each row is skewed,
numbers counter-skewed to stay upright.
Diagonal cut via clip-path + skewX.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ */
.cal27__grid {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__row {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
gap: 6px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__cell {
aspect-ratio: 1.15;
background: var(--panel);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
cursor: pointer;
position: relative;
transition: all 0.18s;
overflow: hidden;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
}
.cal27__cell:hover {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.other {
background: var(--bg2);
pointer-events: none;
}
/* counter-skew the contents so numbers read upright */
.cal27__n {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 22px;
color: var(--text);
transform: skewX(12deg);
line-height: 1;
}
.cal27__cell.other .cal27__n {
color: var(--text3);
}
/* today — red slash block */
.cal27__cell.today {
background: linear-gradient(110deg, var(--red) 60%, #d62d23 60%);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.today .cal27__n {
color: #fff;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__cell.today::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 14px 14px 0;
border-color: transparent var(--lime) transparent transparent;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
/* selected */
.cal27__cell.selected {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.selected .cal27__n {
color: var(--cyan);
font-weight: 900;
}
/* event flag — colored corner triangle */
.cal27__cell.ev::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: 5px;
left: 8px;
width: 16px;
height: 3px;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--lime::before {
background: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--cyan::before {
background: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--amber::before {
background: #ffb300;
}
/* ── Footer slanted stats ── */
.cal27__foot {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
margin-top: 10px;
}
.cal27__stat {
flex: 1;
background: var(--panel);
padding: 12px 18px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-inner {
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-val {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 28px;
line-height: 1;
font-style: italic;
}
.cal27__stat-lbl {
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
margin-top: 3px;
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(1) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--red);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(2) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(3) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--cyan);
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
.cal27__title {
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__n {
font-size: 17px;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.cal27 * {
animation: none !important;
transition: none !important;
}
}
```
## JavaScript
```js
document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell:not(.other)').forEach(cell => {
cell.addEventListener('click', function() {
document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell').forEach(c => c.classList.remove('selected'));
this.classList.add('selected');
});
});
```Here's a working CSS Calendar from CodeFronts. Use it as-is or adapt to your framework. All classes are scoped under a unique prefix so the code won't collide with your existing styles. MIT licensed.
Demo: Diagonal Slanted Grid Calendar
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/css-calendar-designs/diagonal-slanted-grid-calendar/
Aggressive sports/gaming energy: a clip-path banner, week rows skewed with skewX and numbers counter-skewed to stay upright. Today is a red diagonal-split block with a corner flag, event days get skew-corrected underline bars, and footer stat panels match the slant.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cal27">
<div class="cal27__wrap">
<div class="cal27__head">
<div class="cal27__title">June · 2026</div>
<div class="cal27__nav">
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">‹</button>
<button class="cal27__nav-btn">›</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__dow">
<div class="cal27__dw">Sun</div><div class="cal27__dw">Mon</div><div class="cal27__dw">Tue</div>
<div class="cal27__dw">Wed</div><div class="cal27__dw">Thu</div><div class="cal27__dw">Fri</div><div class="cal27__dw">Sat</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__grid" id="cal27Grid">
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">31</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">6</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">7</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell today"><span class="cal27__n">8</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">9</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">10</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">11</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">12</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">13</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">14</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">15</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">16</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">17</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">18</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">19</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--cyan"><span class="cal27__n">20</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">21</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">22</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">23</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--amber"><span class="cal27__n">24</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">25</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">26</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell ev ev--lime"><span class="cal27__n">27</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">28</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__row">
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">29</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell"><span class="cal27__n">30</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">1</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">2</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">3</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">4</span></div>
<div class="cal27__cell other"><span class="cal27__n">5</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cal27__foot">
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">12</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Events</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">08</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Sessions</div></div></div>
<div class="cal27__stat"><div class="cal27__stat-inner"><div class="cal27__stat-val">07</div><div class="cal27__stat-lbl">Days left</div></div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
.cal27,
.cal27 *,
.cal27 *::before,
.cal27 *::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.cal27 ::selection {
background: #ff3b30;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27 {
--bg: #101216;
--bg2: #16191f;
--panel: #1d2129;
--panel2: #252a34;
--text: #f2f4f8;
--text2: #8a92a6;
--text3: #4a5160;
--red: #ff3b30;
--lime: #c6ff00;
--cyan: #00e0ff;
--amber: #ffb300;
font-family: 'Saira', sans-serif;
background: var(--bg);
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding: 40px 20px;
color: var(--text);
overflow: hidden;
}
/* diagonal stripe background */
.cal27::before {
content: '';
position: fixed;
inset: -20%;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
-22deg,
transparent 0, transparent 60px,
rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 60px, rgba(255,255,255,0.015) 61px
);
pointer-events: none;
}
@keyframes cal27-in {
from {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateX(-30px) skewX(-3deg);
}
to {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateX(0) skewX(0);
}
}
@keyframes cal27-flash {
0%,
100% {
opacity: 1;
}
50% {
opacity: 0.6;
}
}
.cal27__wrap {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
max-width: 720px;
width: 100%;
animation: cal27-in 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1) both;
}
/* ── Header — slanted banner ── */
.cal27__head {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
background: var(--red);
padding: 14px 28px;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 22px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.cal27__title {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 36px;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 1;
color: #fff;
}
.cal27__nav {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__nav-btn {
width: 38px;
height: 38px;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
border: none;
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
cursor: pointer;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 85% 100%, 0 100%);
transition: background 0.15s;
user-select: none;
}
.cal27__nav-btn:hover {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
/* DOW slanted strip */
.cal27__dow {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
background: var(--panel2);
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 14px) 100%, 0 100%);
margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.cal27__dw {
text-align: center;
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 13px;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
padding: 8px 0;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SLANTED GRID — each row is skewed,
numbers counter-skewed to stay upright.
Diagonal cut via clip-path + skewX.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ */
.cal27__grid {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
}
.cal27__row {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
gap: 6px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__cell {
aspect-ratio: 1.15;
background: var(--panel);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
cursor: pointer;
position: relative;
transition: all 0.18s;
overflow: hidden;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
}
.cal27__cell:hover {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.other {
background: var(--bg2);
pointer-events: none;
}
/* counter-skew the contents so numbers read upright */
.cal27__n {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 22px;
color: var(--text);
transform: skewX(12deg);
line-height: 1;
}
.cal27__cell.other .cal27__n {
color: var(--text3);
}
/* today — red slash block */
.cal27__cell.today {
background: linear-gradient(110deg, var(--red) 60%, #d62d23 60%);
border-left-color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.today .cal27__n {
color: #fff;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__cell.today::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 14px 14px 0;
border-color: transparent var(--lime) transparent transparent;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
/* selected */
.cal27__cell.selected {
background: var(--panel2);
border-left-color: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.selected .cal27__n {
color: var(--cyan);
font-weight: 900;
}
/* event flag — colored corner triangle */
.cal27__cell.ev::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: 5px;
left: 8px;
width: 16px;
height: 3px;
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--lime::before {
background: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--cyan::before {
background: var(--cyan);
}
.cal27__cell.ev--amber::before {
background: #ffb300;
}
/* ── Footer slanted stats ── */
.cal27__foot {
display: flex;
gap: 6px;
margin-top: 10px;
}
.cal27__stat {
flex: 1;
background: var(--panel);
padding: 12px 18px;
transform: skewX(-12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-inner {
transform: skewX(12deg);
}
.cal27__stat-val {
font-family: 'Saira Condensed', sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
font-size: 28px;
line-height: 1;
font-style: italic;
}
.cal27__stat-lbl {
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--text2);
margin-top: 3px;
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(1) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--red);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(2) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--lime);
}
.cal27__stat:nth-child(3) .cal27__stat-val {
color: var(--cyan);
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
.cal27__title {
font-size: 26px;
}
.cal27__n {
font-size: 17px;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.cal27 * {
animation: none !important;
transition: none !important;
}
}
```
## JavaScript
```js
document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell:not(.other)').forEach(cell => {
cell.addEventListener('click', function() {
document.querySelectorAll('#cal27Grid .cal27__cell').forEach(c => c.classList.remove('selected'));
this.classList.add('selected');
});
});
```How this works
Aggressive sports/gaming energy. A clip-path banner at the top slices diagonally via clip-path:polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 80%, 0 100%). Week rows are skewed with transform:skewX(-8deg) for the slanted grid effect, and each date number is counter-skewed with transform:skewX(8deg) to stay upright while the row tilts.
The counter-skew trick keeps text readable while the container skew provides the aesthetic. Bold sport-branded palette (electric blue / neon orange / black), thick borders, punchy hover interactions.
Make it yours
- Adjust skew angle — 4deg subtle, 12deg extreme sport.
- Rebrand accent via
--accent— electric blue default; neon green, hot pink also work. - Change the banner clip-path polygon for different diagonal cuts.
- Swap the display font for a sport-branded sans (Rubik Mono One, Bowlby One, Anton).
- Add a hover animation that momentarily un-skews the hovered cell for a “pop” effect.
Gotchas — read before shipping
- The skew + counter-skew trick works but subtly warps interior text — bump font weight for legibility.
- Skewed cells have irregular hit boxes — mouse pointer detection may feel off at cell edges.
- Aggressive/sports aesthetics lock the brand — use only where it aligns (esports, sports apps, gaming content).
- Under
prefers-reduced-motion:reduce, disable any hover-skew animations. - The clip-path banner reduces effective header height — ensure the diagonal cut doesn't hide critical content (month name, nav).
Browser support
| Chrome | Safari | Firefox | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55+ | 9.1+ | 54+ | 55+ |
CSS clip-path:polygon(), skew(), and transforms are universally supported.