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  1. 01Tailwind Submit Button (Form Primary)
  2. 02Tailwind Primary and Secondary Button Pair
  3. 03Tailwind Ghost / Outline Button
  4. 04Tailwind Icon-Only Button with Accessible Tooltip
  5. 05Tailwind Gradient CTA Button
  6. 06Tailwind Loading Spinner Button (State Transition)
  7. 07Tailwind Disabled Button State (Full State Reference)
  8. 08Tailwind Button Group Component (Segmented Radio-Like)
  9. 09Tailwind Add to Cart Button
  10. 10Tailwind Download Progress Button
  11. 11Tailwind Like Heart Button
  12. 12Tailwind Confirm Delete Button
  13. 13Tailwind Play Pause Button
  14. 14Tailwind Subscribe Confetti Button
  15. 15Tailwind Magnetic Mercury Ripple Button
  16. 16Tailwind Brutalist Glitch Button
  17. 17Tailwind Neon Plasma Burst Button
  18. 18Tailwind Clay Press Button
  19. 19Tailwind Editorial Ink Spread Button
  20. 20Tailwind Particle Shard Burst Button
  21. 21Tailwind Brushed Brass Plate Button
  22. 22Tailwind Washi Paper Crane Button
  23. 23Tailwind Frosted Ice Cube Button
  24. 24Tailwind Vintage Typewriter Key Button
  25. 25Tailwind Lacquered Walnut Wood Button
  26. 26Tailwind Pharma Gel Capsule Button
  27. 27Tailwind Aged Copper Coin Button
  28. 28Tailwind Origami Fortune Cookie Button
  29. 29Tailwind Holographic Foil Sticker Button
  30. 30Tailwind Brutalist Concrete Slab Button
  31. 31Tailwind Mercury Bead Morph Button
  32. 32Tailwind Soft Pill Modern SaaS Button
  33. 33Tailwind Masking Tape Label Button
  34. 34Tailwind Obsidian Glass Shard Button
  35. 35Tailwind Wine Velvet Ribbon Button
  36. 36Tailwind LED Segment Display Button
  37. 37Tailwind Cassette Mixtape Label Button
  38. 38Tailwind Chalkboard Menu Button
  39. 39Tailwind Vinyl Record Sleeve Ripple Button
  40. 40Tailwind Polaroid Snapshot Button
  41. 41Tailwind Airline Boarding Pass Button
  42. 42Tailwind Aged Brass Subway Token Button
  43. 43Tailwind Vintage Rx Pharmacy Label Button
  44. 44Tailwind Bakelite Radio Dial Toggle Button
  45. 45Tailwind Regal Postage Stamp Button
  46. 46Tailwind Victorian Cigar Band Foil Button
  47. 47Tailwind Vintage Calculator Key Button
  48. 48Tailwind Toolbox Latch Spotlight Button
  49. 49Tailwind Receipt Paper Total Count-Up Button
  50. 50Tailwind IBM Punch Card Magnetic Follow Button
  51. 51Tailwind Brass Periscope Lens Button
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Submit Button (Form Primary)

The button every form ends with, ported: 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 that survives on any background. The port's win is that all four states now sit in one class list — hover:, active:, focus-visible: and disabled: read in the order a user meets them.

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The code

<div class="tb-01 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tb01-bg font-tb01-sans antialiased p-[clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem)]">
  <button type="submit" class="group relative isolate overflow-hidden cursor-pointer inline-grid grid-flow-col items-center gap-2.5 min-h-13 px-7 border-0 rounded-[0.9rem] text-base font-semibold tracking-[-0.01em] text-tb01-on-accent bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,var(--color-tb01-accent-lift),var(--color-tb01-accent))] transition-[translate,box-shadow,filter] duration-200 ease-tb01-out before:content-[''] before:absolute before:inset-0 before:-z-10 before:pointer-events-none before:-translate-x-[125%] before:bg-[linear-gradient(105deg,transparent_35%,rgba(255,255,255,0.42)_50%,transparent_65%)] before:transition-transform before:duration-[800ms] before:ease-tb01-out hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:saturate-[1.06] hover:before:translate-x-[125%] focus-visible:before:translate-x-[125%] active:translate-y-px focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb01-ring disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:grayscale disabled:opacity-50 disabled:translate-y-0 disabled:shadow-none motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:before:hidden shadow-[inset_0_1px_0_rgba(255,255,255,0.38),0_1px_2px_var(--color-tb01-shadow-soft),0_10px_24px_-8px_var(--color-tb01-shadow-wide)] active:shadow-[inset_0_2px_6px_var(--color-tb01-shadow-press)] focus-visible:shadow-[inset_0_1px_0_rgba(255,255,255,0.38),0_0_0_6px_var(--color-tb01-halo)]">
    <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" class="w-[1.15rem] h-[1.15rem] transition-transform duration-300 ease-tb01-out group-hover:translate-x-1 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:translate-x-0"><path d="M4 12h14"/><path d="M12.5 5.5 19 12l-6.5 6.5"/></svg>
  </button>
</div>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb01-bg: #f2f1ee;
  --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.965 0.006 95);
  --color-tb01-accent: #16a34a;
  --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.58 0.15 152);
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: #2dbb60;
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.645 0.148 152);
  --color-tb01-on-accent: #ffffff;
  --color-tb01-ring: #0f7538;
  --color-tb01-ring: oklch(0.45 0.13 152);
  --color-tb01-shadow-soft: #0b3d2061;
  --color-tb01-shadow-soft: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.38);
  --color-tb01-shadow-wide: #0b3d208c;
  --color-tb01-shadow-wide: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.55);
  --color-tb01-shadow-press: #0b3d2073;
  --color-tb01-shadow-press: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.45);
  --color-tb01-halo: #16a34a38;
  --color-tb01-halo: oklch(0.58 0.15 152 / 0.22);
  --font-tb01-sans: "Schibsted Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb01-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

.tb-01 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
/* Dark scheme re-points the same tokens; @theme cannot hold a media query. */

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-01:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.17 0.012 165);
    --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.72 0.17 152);
    --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.78 0.15 152);
    --color-tb01-on-accent: oklch(0.18 0.05 155);
    --color-tb01-shadow-soft: oklch(0 0 0 / 0.5);
    --color-tb01-shadow-wide: oklch(0 0 0 / 0.7);
  }
}

.tb-01[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.17 0.012 165);
  --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.72 0.17 152);
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.78 0.15 152);
  --color-tb01-on-accent: oklch(0.18 0.05 155);
}

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

  .tb-01 button::before {
    display: none;
  }
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb01-bg: #f2f1ee;
  --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.965 0.006 95);
  --color-tb01-accent: #16a34a;
  --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.58 0.15 152);
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: #2dbb60;
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.645 0.148 152);
  --color-tb01-on-accent: #ffffff;
  --color-tb01-ring: #0f7538;
  --color-tb01-ring: oklch(0.45 0.13 152);
  --color-tb01-shadow-soft: #0b3d2061;
  --color-tb01-shadow-soft: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.38);
  --color-tb01-shadow-wide: #0b3d208c;
  --color-tb01-shadow-wide: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.55);
  --color-tb01-shadow-press: #0b3d2073;
  --color-tb01-shadow-press: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.45);
  --color-tb01-halo: #16a34a38;
  --color-tb01-halo: oklch(0.58 0.15 152 / 0.22);
  --font-tb01-sans: "Schibsted Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb01-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

.tb-01 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
/* Dark scheme re-points the same tokens; @theme cannot hold a media query. */

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-01:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.17 0.012 165);
    --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.72 0.17 152);
    --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.78 0.15 152);
    --color-tb01-on-accent: oklch(0.18 0.05 155);
    --color-tb01-shadow-soft: oklch(0 0 0 / 0.5);
    --color-tb01-shadow-wide: oklch(0 0 0 / 0.7);
  }
}

.tb-01[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.17 0.012 165);
  --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.72 0.17 152);
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.78 0.15 152);
  --color-tb01-on-accent: oklch(0.18 0.05 155);
}

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

  .tb-01 button::before {
    display: none;
  }
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Schibsted+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • Utilities: layout, the lift/press travel, the sheen transform, the focus ring and every state variant. CSS: the dark-scheme token re-point (a media query cannot live in @theme) and the forced-colors block, which repaints the button and its pseudo-element together.
  • The three-layer elevation shadow stays one arbitrary value rather than three shadow-* utilities, because Tailwind composes box-shadow as a single property — splitting it would just mean the last one wins.
  • The gradient fill needed a second token: color-mix(in oklab, accent 88%, white) has no utility form inside an arbitrary gradient, so the lighter stop became --color-tb01-accent-lift in @theme. Two tokens, one intent — and both are now available as bg-* utilities elsewhere.
  • A11y fix from the CSS original: the SVG nudge was :hover-only; it is now group-hover: with a motion-reduce: reset, and the sheen fires on focus-visible: as well as hover, which the original did only for the sheen and not the arrow.
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Here's a working CSS demo 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: Tailwind Submit Button (Form Primary)
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/tailwind-css-buttons/tailwind-submit-button-form-primary/

The button every form ends with, ported: 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 that survives on any background. The port's win is that all four states now sit in one class list — hover:, active:, focus-visible: and disabled: read in the order a user meets them.
## HTML
```html
<div class="tb-01 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tb01-bg font-tb01-sans antialiased p-[clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem)]">
  <button type="submit" class="group relative isolate overflow-hidden cursor-pointer inline-grid grid-flow-col items-center gap-2.5 min-h-13 px-7 border-0 rounded-[0.9rem] text-base font-semibold tracking-[-0.01em] text-tb01-on-accent bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,var(--color-tb01-accent-lift),var(--color-tb01-accent))] transition-[translate,box-shadow,filter] duration-200 ease-tb01-out before:content-[''] before:absolute before:inset-0 before:-z-10 before:pointer-events-none before:-translate-x-[125%] before:bg-[linear-gradient(105deg,transparent_35%,rgba(255,255,255,0.42)_50%,transparent_65%)] before:transition-transform before:duration-[800ms] before:ease-tb01-out hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:saturate-[1.06] hover:before:translate-x-[125%] focus-visible:before:translate-x-[125%] active:translate-y-px focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tb01-ring disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:grayscale disabled:opacity-50 disabled:translate-y-0 disabled:shadow-none motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:before:hidden shadow-[inset_0_1px_0_rgba(255,255,255,0.38),0_1px_2px_var(--color-tb01-shadow-soft),0_10px_24px_-8px_var(--color-tb01-shadow-wide)] active:shadow-[inset_0_2px_6px_var(--color-tb01-shadow-press)] focus-visible:shadow-[inset_0_1px_0_rgba(255,255,255,0.38),0_0_0_6px_var(--color-tb01-halo)]">
    <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" class="w-[1.15rem] h-[1.15rem] transition-transform duration-300 ease-tb01-out group-hover:translate-x-1 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:translate-x-0"><path d="M4 12h14"/><path d="M12.5 5.5 19 12l-6.5 6.5"/></svg>
  </button>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tb01-bg: #f2f1ee;
  --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.965 0.006 95);
  --color-tb01-accent: #16a34a;
  --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.58 0.15 152);
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: #2dbb60;
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.645 0.148 152);
  --color-tb01-on-accent: #ffffff;
  --color-tb01-ring: #0f7538;
  --color-tb01-ring: oklch(0.45 0.13 152);
  --color-tb01-shadow-soft: #0b3d2061;
  --color-tb01-shadow-soft: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.38);
  --color-tb01-shadow-wide: #0b3d208c;
  --color-tb01-shadow-wide: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.55);
  --color-tb01-shadow-press: #0b3d2073;
  --color-tb01-shadow-press: oklch(0.32 0.09 155 / 0.45);
  --color-tb01-halo: #16a34a38;
  --color-tb01-halo: oklch(0.58 0.15 152 / 0.22);
  --font-tb01-sans: "Schibsted Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --ease-tb01-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

.tb-01 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
/* Dark scheme re-points the same tokens; @theme cannot hold a media query. */

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .tb-01:not([data-theme="light"]) {
    --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.17 0.012 165);
    --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.72 0.17 152);
    --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.78 0.15 152);
    --color-tb01-on-accent: oklch(0.18 0.05 155);
    --color-tb01-shadow-soft: oklch(0 0 0 / 0.5);
    --color-tb01-shadow-wide: oklch(0 0 0 / 0.7);
  }
}

.tb-01[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-tb01-bg: oklch(0.17 0.012 165);
  --color-tb01-accent: oklch(0.72 0.17 152);
  --color-tb01-accent-lift: oklch(0.78 0.15 152);
  --color-tb01-on-accent: oklch(0.18 0.05 155);
}

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

  .tb-01 button::before {
    display: none;
  }
}
```

How this works

The state machine moves into the markup. The CSS version spread four states across five rules, far from the element. Tailwind states them where the button is:

<button class="… hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:saturate-[1.06]
  active:translate-y-px active:shadow-[inset_0_2px_6px_…]
  focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px]
  disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:grayscale disabled:opacity-50">

Reading top to bottom you get the whole behaviour, and it is provably impossible for the hover style to acquire a partner the focus style never got.

The sheen stays a pseudo-element, but it is now three utilities on the button itself rather than a detached ::before rule: before:content-[''], before:absolute before:inset-0 before:-z-10, and the gradient as an arbitrary before:bg-[linear-gradient(105deg,…)]. The gradient is the one piece worth keeping arbitrary — it is a rendering recipe, not a design value.

Tokens become utilities. --color-tb01-accent in @theme mints bg-tb01-accent, outline-tb01-accent and the color-mix() targets in one entry, which is exactly the single-token re-theme the CSS version advertised.

Make it yours

  • Re-theme through --color-tb01-accent in @theme: fill, shadow tint, focus halo and sheen mix all read it.
  • Press feel: active:translate-y-px is app-like; active:translate-y-0.5 reads as a chunky consumer CTA.
  • Delete the <svg> and the gap-2.5 collapses on its own — no other edit needed.
  • Full-width mobile submit: add w-full sm:w-auto. The internal grid already centres its contents.
  • rounded-full for a pill, rounded-md for a dense enterprise form.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • A bare <button> inside a form defaults to type="submit". Tailwind changes nothing about that — always write the type explicitly.
  • overflow-hidden clips the sheen but would also clip an inset focus ring; keep the indicator on outline-* (drawn outside the box) as this port does.
  • disabled: only matches the real disabled attribute. A [aria-disabled] button needs aria-disabled: variants instead, and still fires clicks.
  • Arbitrary shadows are long, so put them last in the class list; a diff that touches the shadow then touches one line, not the whole attribute.
  • before:content-[''] is mandatory — without it the pseudo-element does not generate and the sheen silently never appears. This is the number-one Tailwind pseudo-element bug.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

The floor is Tailwind v4's own generated sheet (cascade layers, @property, color-mix()). Individual transform utilities, :focus-visible and multi-layer shadows are all baseline well below it.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

box-shadowtw ↗linear gradienttw ↗:focus-visibletw ↗transitionstw ↗pseudo elementstw ↗prefers-reduced-motiontw ↗

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