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  1. 01Tailwind Modal Close Button (Top-Right Corner X)
  2. 02Accessible Tailwind Close Button with Focus Ring (WCAG)
  3. 03iOS-Style Tailwind Tab Close Button
  4. 04Tailwind Floating Chat Widget Close Button
  5. 05Tailwind Cookie Consent Banner Dismiss Button
  6. 06Tailwind Mobile Ad Banner Close Button (48px Tap Target)
  7. 07Neumorphic Tailwind Close Button (Soft UI)
  8. 08Tailwind Hamburger to X Menu Button Animation
  9. 09Tailwind Video Player Overlay Close Button
  10. 10Tailwind Drawer Close Button with Native Dialog
  11. 11Origami Fold Tailwind Close Button
  12. 12Lock Tumbler Tailwind Close Button (@property)
  13. 13Rotate on Hover Tailwind Close Button
  14. 14Magnetic Cursor Tailwind Close Button
  15. 15Liquid Goo Tailwind Close Button (SVG Filter)
  16. 16Glitch Effect Tailwind Close Button
  17. 17Trash Compactor Tailwind Close Button
  18. 18Material Ripple Tailwind Close Button
  19. 19Particle Burst Tailwind Close Button
  20. 20Spring Snap Tailwind Close Button
  21. 21Neon Glow Tailwind Close Button
  22. 22Corner Ribbon Tailwind Close Button
  23. 233D Fold Away Tailwind Close Button
  24. 24Hold to Confirm Tailwind Close Button
  25. 25Tailwind Toast Notification Dismiss Button
  26. 26Tailwind Lightbox Image Close Button
  27. 27Brutalist Tailwind Close Button
  28. 28Galaxy Vortex Tailwind Close Button
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Modal Close Button (Top-Right Corner X)

The canonical dialog dismiss, rebuilt in utilities: a quiet 44px circle pinned with absolute top-3 end-3, its × drawn by two before:/after: bars — no icon font, no SVG. Hover tints the circle with hover:bg-tcb01-acc/12 and stretches the bars with group-hover:before:scale-x-115; the dialog itself fades in with zero JS via starting:.

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<section class="tcb-01 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tcb01-bg bg-[linear-gradient(160deg,var(--color-tcb01-bg),var(--color-tcb01-bg2))] px-6 py-12 font-tcb01-sans text-tcb01-ink" aria-label="Modal close button demo">
  <div class="grid w-full justify-items-center gap-7">
    <div role="dialog" aria-labelledby="tcb-01-title" aria-describedby="tcb-01-text" class="relative w-full max-w-[25rem] rounded-[1.25rem] bg-white px-7 pt-8 pb-7 shadow-[0_30px_70px_-30px_var(--color-tcb01-shadow)] ring-1 ring-tcb01-ink/5 transition duration-500 ease-out starting:translate-y-3 starting:opacity-0 motion-reduce:transition-none">
      <button type="button" aria-label="Close dialog" class="group absolute top-3 end-3 grid size-11 cursor-pointer place-items-center rounded-full transition-colors duration-200 hover:bg-tcb01-acc/12 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tcb01-acc active:scale-94 motion-reduce:transition-none">
        <span aria-hidden="true" class="relative size-4 before:absolute before:top-1/2 before:left-1/2 before:h-0.5 before:w-4 before:-translate-1/2 before:rotate-45 before:rounded-full before:bg-tcb01-glyph before:transition before:duration-200 after:absolute after:top-1/2 after:left-1/2 after:h-0.5 after:w-4 after:-translate-1/2 after:-rotate-45 after:rounded-full after:bg-tcb01-glyph after:transition after:duration-200 group-hover:before:scale-x-115 group-hover:before:bg-tcb01-acc group-hover:after:scale-x-115 group-hover:after:bg-tcb01-acc motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none"></span>
      </button>
      <span aria-hidden="true" class="mb-5 grid size-11 place-items-center rounded-xl bg-tcb01-acc/10 text-tcb01-acc"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="22" height="22" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><rect x="3" y="5" width="18" height="14" rx="2.5"/><path d="m4 7 8 6 8-6"/></svg></span>
      <h3 id="tcb-01-title" class="pe-10 text-xl font-semibold tracking-[-0.015em]">Confirm your email</h3>
      <p id="tcb-01-text" class="mt-2 text-[15px]/[1.6] text-tcb01-mut text-pretty">We sent a verification link to your inbox. Click it to activate your account.</p>
      <div class="mt-6 flex flex-wrap gap-2.5">
        <button type="button" class="min-h-11 flex-1 cursor-pointer rounded-xl bg-tcb01-acc px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-white transition hover:brightness-110 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tcb01-acc active:scale-98">Open mail app</button>
        <button type="button" class="min-h-11 flex-1 cursor-pointer rounded-xl px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-tcb01-ink ring-1 ring-tcb01-ink/12 transition hover:bg-tcb01-ink/4 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tcb01-acc active:scale-98">Resend link</button>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p aria-hidden="true" class="rounded-full bg-white/60 px-3.5 py-2 font-tcb01-mono text-[11.5px] text-tcb01-mut ring-1 ring-tcb01-ink/10">before:rotate-45 · group-hover:before:scale-x-115 · starting:opacity-0</p>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tcb01-bg: #eef0fa;
  --color-tcb01-bg: oklch(0.95 0.015 265);
  --color-tcb01-bg2: #dcdcf5;
  --color-tcb01-bg2: oklch(0.9 0.03 280);
  --color-tcb01-ink: #282a3a;
  --color-tcb01-ink: oklch(0.27 0.025 270);
  --color-tcb01-mut: #5c5f70;
  --color-tcb01-mut: oklch(0.47 0.02 270);
  --color-tcb01-glyph: #545766;
  --color-tcb01-glyph: oklch(0.45 0.02 270);
  --color-tcb01-acc: #4b5ccf;
  --color-tcb01-acc: oklch(0.52 0.17 268);
  --color-tcb01-shadow: #3a347080;
  --color-tcb01-shadow: oklch(0.35 0.08 270 / 0.55);
  --font-tcb01-sans: 'Geist', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tcb01-mono: 'Geist Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's utilities, so the
   stage is sized before the browser build compiles. */

.tcb-01 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

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-tcb01-bg: #eef0fa;
  --color-tcb01-bg: oklch(0.95 0.015 265);
  --color-tcb01-bg2: #dcdcf5;
  --color-tcb01-bg2: oklch(0.9 0.03 280);
  --color-tcb01-ink: #282a3a;
  --color-tcb01-ink: oklch(0.27 0.025 270);
  --color-tcb01-mut: #5c5f70;
  --color-tcb01-mut: oklch(0.47 0.02 270);
  --color-tcb01-glyph: #545766;
  --color-tcb01-glyph: oklch(0.45 0.02 270);
  --color-tcb01-acc: #4b5ccf;
  --color-tcb01-acc: oklch(0.52 0.17 268);
  --color-tcb01-shadow: #3a347080;
  --color-tcb01-shadow: oklch(0.35 0.08 270 / 0.55);
  --font-tcb01-sans: 'Geist', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tcb01-mono: 'Geist Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's utilities, so the
   stage is sized before the browser build compiles. */

.tcb-01 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
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=Geist:wght@400..800&family=Geist+Mono:wght@400..600&display=swap">

What changed in the port

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

  • The seven CSS rules that drew, positioned and animated the × collapsed into one class list on a glyph span; hover no longer restates the base transform because v4's individual transform properties compose on their own.
  • color-mix(in oklab, var(--accent) 12%, transparent) became the opacity modifier hover:bg-tcb01-acc/12.
  • UI upgrade from the CSS original: the button grew from 40px to 44px (WCAG 2.5.5 target), the dialog now enters with a starting: fade-up, and it gained an icon plus a real primary/secondary action row so the × is no longer the only way out.
  • UI upgrade: body copy darkened from oklch(0.5) to 0.47 (now 6.9:1), and aria-describedby links the text to the dialog.
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Demo: Tailwind Modal Close Button (Top-Right Corner X)
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/tailwind-css-close-buttons/tailwind-modal-close-button-top-right/

The canonical dialog dismiss, rebuilt in utilities: a quiet 44px circle pinned with absolute top-3 end-3, its × drawn by two before:/after: bars — no icon font, no SVG. Hover tints the circle with hover:bg-tcb01-acc/12 and stretches the bars with group-hover:before:scale-x-115; the dialog itself fades in with zero JS via starting:.
## HTML
```html
<section class="tcb-01 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tcb01-bg bg-[linear-gradient(160deg,var(--color-tcb01-bg),var(--color-tcb01-bg2))] px-6 py-12 font-tcb01-sans text-tcb01-ink" aria-label="Modal close button demo">
  <div class="grid w-full justify-items-center gap-7">
    <div role="dialog" aria-labelledby="tcb-01-title" aria-describedby="tcb-01-text" class="relative w-full max-w-[25rem] rounded-[1.25rem] bg-white px-7 pt-8 pb-7 shadow-[0_30px_70px_-30px_var(--color-tcb01-shadow)] ring-1 ring-tcb01-ink/5 transition duration-500 ease-out starting:translate-y-3 starting:opacity-0 motion-reduce:transition-none">
      <button type="button" aria-label="Close dialog" class="group absolute top-3 end-3 grid size-11 cursor-pointer place-items-center rounded-full transition-colors duration-200 hover:bg-tcb01-acc/12 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tcb01-acc active:scale-94 motion-reduce:transition-none">
        <span aria-hidden="true" class="relative size-4 before:absolute before:top-1/2 before:left-1/2 before:h-0.5 before:w-4 before:-translate-1/2 before:rotate-45 before:rounded-full before:bg-tcb01-glyph before:transition before:duration-200 after:absolute after:top-1/2 after:left-1/2 after:h-0.5 after:w-4 after:-translate-1/2 after:-rotate-45 after:rounded-full after:bg-tcb01-glyph after:transition after:duration-200 group-hover:before:scale-x-115 group-hover:before:bg-tcb01-acc group-hover:after:scale-x-115 group-hover:after:bg-tcb01-acc motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none"></span>
      </button>
      <span aria-hidden="true" class="mb-5 grid size-11 place-items-center rounded-xl bg-tcb01-acc/10 text-tcb01-acc"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="22" height="22" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><rect x="3" y="5" width="18" height="14" rx="2.5"/><path d="m4 7 8 6 8-6"/></svg></span>
      <h3 id="tcb-01-title" class="pe-10 text-xl font-semibold tracking-[-0.015em]">Confirm your email</h3>
      <p id="tcb-01-text" class="mt-2 text-[15px]/[1.6] text-tcb01-mut text-pretty">We sent a verification link to your inbox. Click it to activate your account.</p>
      <div class="mt-6 flex flex-wrap gap-2.5">
        <button type="button" class="min-h-11 flex-1 cursor-pointer rounded-xl bg-tcb01-acc px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-white transition hover:brightness-110 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tcb01-acc active:scale-98">Open mail app</button>
        <button type="button" class="min-h-11 flex-1 cursor-pointer rounded-xl px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-tcb01-ink ring-1 ring-tcb01-ink/12 transition hover:bg-tcb01-ink/4 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tcb01-acc active:scale-98">Resend link</button>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p aria-hidden="true" class="rounded-full bg-white/60 px-3.5 py-2 font-tcb01-mono text-[11.5px] text-tcb01-mut ring-1 ring-tcb01-ink/10">before:rotate-45 · group-hover:before:scale-x-115 · starting:opacity-0</p>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tcb01-bg: #eef0fa;
  --color-tcb01-bg: oklch(0.95 0.015 265);
  --color-tcb01-bg2: #dcdcf5;
  --color-tcb01-bg2: oklch(0.9 0.03 280);
  --color-tcb01-ink: #282a3a;
  --color-tcb01-ink: oklch(0.27 0.025 270);
  --color-tcb01-mut: #5c5f70;
  --color-tcb01-mut: oklch(0.47 0.02 270);
  --color-tcb01-glyph: #545766;
  --color-tcb01-glyph: oklch(0.45 0.02 270);
  --color-tcb01-acc: #4b5ccf;
  --color-tcb01-acc: oklch(0.52 0.17 268);
  --color-tcb01-shadow: #3a347080;
  --color-tcb01-shadow: oklch(0.35 0.08 270 / 0.55);
  --font-tcb01-sans: 'Geist', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tcb01-mono: 'Geist Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's utilities, so the
   stage is sized before the browser build compiles. */

.tcb-01 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
```

How this works

The × is two pseudo-element bars, declared where they render. The glyph span carries both bars; each is centred with top-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-1/2 and turned with rotate-45 / -rotate-45:

<span class="relative size-4
  before:absolute before:top-1/2 before:left-1/2 before:h-0.5 before:w-4
  before:-translate-1/2 before:rotate-45 before:bg-tcb01-glyph
  after:… after:-rotate-45">

Why the order is free. Tailwind v4 writes translate, rotate and scale as separate CSS properties, which the browser always applies translate → rotate → scale. The CSS original had to repeat translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(45deg) in every hover rule; here hover only adds scale-x-115.

Make it yours

  • Offset: change top-3 end-3 to top-4 end-4 for roomier dialogs — the 44px hit area stays intact.
  • Glyph weight: swap before:h-0.5 after:h-0.5 for h-[2.5px] for a bolder ×.
  • Re-theme: edit --color-tcb01-acc in @theme; hover tint, glyph and focus ring all follow.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • before: utilities emit content: var(--tw-content) automatically — you do not need before:content-[''] for an empty bar.
  • Put the button first inside the dialog if you want it to be the first focus stop; put it last if the primary action should be.
  • starting: only animates first render; it does not replay when you toggle display unless the transition includes transition-discrete.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
117+17.5+129+117+

The floor is Tailwind v4 (Chrome 111 / Safari 16.4 / Firefox 128); starting: needs @starting-style and simply skips the fade on older engines.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

pseudo elementstw ↗@starting-styletw ↗color-mix()tw ↗:focus-visibletw ↗

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