20 Tailwind CSS Image Hover Effects
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All 20 in 20 Tailwind CSS Image Hover Effects

  1. 01Tailwind Image Hover Zoom In Card
  2. 02Tailwind Hover Reveal Text Over Image
  3. 03Tailwind E-Commerce Product Image Swap on Hover
  4. 04Tailwind Grid Image Blur Overlay Text Hover
  5. 05Tailwind Card Slide Up Caption on Hover
  6. 06Tailwind Grayscale to Color Image Hover
  7. 07Tailwind Image Color Overlay Tint on Hover
  8. 08Tailwind Neumorphic Image Card Hover Effect
  9. 09Tailwind Glassmorphism Overlay on Image Hover
  10. 10Tailwind Glowing Neon Border Image Hover
  11. 11Tailwind Image Clip-Path Transition Hover
  12. 12Tailwind Image Tilt 3D Perspective Hover
  13. 13Tailwind Shining Light Glare Image Hover
  14. 14Tailwind Image Split Transition Hover
  15. 15Tailwind Image Ripple Animation Hover
  16. 16Tailwind Circular Team Profile Avatar Hover
  17. 17Tailwind Fullscreen Background Image Hover
  18. 18Tailwind Masonry Gallery Zoom Hover
  19. 19Tailwind Image Icon Reveal Center Hover
  20. 20Tailwind Image Card Flip 3D Animation Hover
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Tailwind Image Card Flip 3D Animation Hover

The three-layer flip — scene, flipper, two faces — with every one of its four critical properties now a named utility: [perspective:800px], transform-3d, backface-hidden and group-hover:rotate-y-180. The pattern's failure modes are all “you forgot one of these”, and a class list makes a missing one visible.

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The code

<section class="tih-20 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tih20-bg font-tih20-sans px-6 py-10" aria-label="3D card flip hover demo">
  <div class="grid w-full max-w-195 gap-5 grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3">
    <div class="group [perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">
      <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d transition-transform duration-650 ease-tih20 group-hover:rotate-y-180 focus-within:rotate-y-180 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:focus-within:rotate-y-0">
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden bg-[image:url('https://picsum.photos/seed/tih20-cosmos/600/800'),linear-gradient(145deg,oklch(0.25_0.1_285),oklch(0.35_0.15_280),oklch(0.5_0.2_275),oklch(0.72_0.14_275))] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat motion-reduce:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-0">
          <div class="relative z-1 p-4 bg-linear-[to_top,oklch(0_0_0/0.8),transparent]">
            <p class="text-sm font-bold text-tih20-text">Cosmos Explorer</p>
            <p class="mt-0.5 text-[10px] text-tih20-muted">Astrophotography</p>
          </div>
          <span class="absolute top-2.5 right-2.5 z-2 px-2 py-0.75 rounded-full text-[9px] font-bold text-tih20-muted bg-[oklch(1_0_0/0.07)] border border-[oklch(1_0_0/0.1)] transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-0">Hover to flip</span>
        </div>
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-5 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden rotate-y-180 bg-linear-[135deg,oklch(0.18_0.07_285),oklch(0.25_0.1_285)] motion-reduce:opacity-0 motion-reduce:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-100">
          <span class="mb-3 text-4xl" aria-hidden="true">&#127756;</span>
          <p class="mb-2 text-[15px] font-extrabold text-center text-tih20-text">20-Week Course</p>
          <p class="mb-3.5 text-[11px] leading-[1.5] text-center text-tih20-muted">Master astrophotography from light-pollution basics to deep-sky stacking.</p>
          <a href="#cosmos-enroll" class="px-4.5 py-2 rounded-full text-[11px] font-bold tracking-[0.05em] text-black no-underline bg-tih20-acc transition-[scale,box-shadow] duration-200 hover:scale-104 hover:shadow-[0_0_16px_oklch(0.8_0.14_163/0.4)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-tih20-text focus-visible:outline-offset-2 motion-reduce:transition-none">Enroll Now</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="group [perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">
      <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d transition-transform duration-650 ease-tih20 group-hover:rotate-y-180 focus-within:rotate-y-180 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:focus-within:rotate-y-0">
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden bg-[image:url('https://picsum.photos/seed/tih20-bio/600/800'),linear-gradient(145deg,oklch(0.22_0.06_150),oklch(0.35_0.09_150),oklch(0.55_0.13_155),oklch(0.8_0.14_163))] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat motion-reduce:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-0">
          <div class="relative z-1 p-4 bg-linear-[to_top,oklch(0_0_0/0.8),transparent]">
            <p class="text-sm font-bold text-tih20-text">Bio Systems</p>
            <p class="mt-0.5 text-[10px] text-tih20-muted">Botany Research</p>
          </div>
          <span class="absolute top-2.5 right-2.5 z-2 px-2 py-0.75 rounded-full text-[9px] font-bold text-tih20-muted bg-[oklch(1_0_0/0.07)] border border-[oklch(1_0_0/0.1)] transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-0">Hover to flip</span>
        </div>
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-5 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden rotate-y-180 bg-linear-[135deg,oklch(0.15_0.05_150),oklch(0.22_0.06_150)] motion-reduce:opacity-0 motion-reduce:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-100">
          <span class="mb-3 text-4xl" aria-hidden="true">&#129516;</span>
          <p class="mb-2 text-[15px] font-extrabold text-center text-tih20-text">Lab Access</p>
          <p class="mb-3.5 text-[11px] leading-[1.5] text-center text-tih20-muted">12 months of virtual lab sessions with live microscopy and specimen archives.</p>
          <a href="#bio-join" class="px-4.5 py-2 rounded-full text-[11px] font-bold tracking-[0.05em] text-black no-underline bg-tih20-acc transition-[scale,box-shadow] duration-200 hover:scale-104 hover:shadow-[0_0_16px_oklch(0.8_0.14_163/0.4)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-tih20-text focus-visible:outline-offset-2 motion-reduce:transition-none">Join Lab</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="group [perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">
      <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d transition-transform duration-650 ease-tih20 group-hover:rotate-y-180 focus-within:rotate-y-180 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:focus-within:rotate-y-0">
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden bg-[image:url('https://picsum.photos/seed/tih20-arts/600/800'),linear-gradient(145deg,oklch(0.25_0.13_305),oklch(0.4_0.19_302),oklch(0.55_0.22_300),oklch(0.78_0.19_320))] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat motion-reduce:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-0">
          <div class="relative z-1 p-4 bg-linear-[to_top,oklch(0_0_0/0.8),transparent]">
            <p class="text-sm font-bold text-tih20-text">Digital Arts</p>
            <p class="mt-0.5 text-[10px] text-tih20-muted">Creative Studio</p>
          </div>
          <span class="absolute top-2.5 right-2.5 z-2 px-2 py-0.75 rounded-full text-[9px] font-bold text-tih20-muted bg-[oklch(1_0_0/0.07)] border border-[oklch(1_0_0/0.1)] transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-0">Hover to flip</span>
        </div>
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-5 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden rotate-y-180 bg-linear-[135deg,oklch(0.17_0.09_310),oklch(0.25_0.13_305)] motion-reduce:opacity-0 motion-reduce:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-100">
          <span class="mb-3 text-4xl" aria-hidden="true">&#127912;</span>
          <p class="mb-2 text-[15px] font-extrabold text-center text-tih20-text">Creator Pack</p>
          <p class="mb-3.5 text-[11px] leading-[1.5] text-center text-tih20-muted">Unlimited generative art tools, 500+ premium assets and weekly critique sessions.</p>
          <a href="#arts-access" class="px-4.5 py-2 rounded-full text-[11px] font-bold tracking-[0.05em] text-black no-underline bg-tih20-acc2 transition-[scale,box-shadow] duration-200 hover:scale-104 hover:shadow-[0_0_16px_oklch(0.78_0.19_320/0.4)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-tih20-text focus-visible:outline-offset-2 motion-reduce:transition-none">Get Access</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tih20-bg: #07070f;
  --color-tih20-bg: oklch(0.11 0.012 285);
  --color-tih20-text: #f1f5f9;
  --color-tih20-text: oklch(0.96 0.005 250);
  --color-tih20-muted: #64748b;
  --color-tih20-muted: oklch(0.68 0.03 255);
  --color-tih20-acc: #34d399;
  --color-tih20-acc: oklch(0.8 0.14 163);
  --color-tih20-acc2: #e879f9;
  --color-tih20-acc2: oklch(0.78 0.19 320);
  --font-tih20-sans: 'Space Grotesk', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --ease-tih20: cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.55, 1);
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's
   w-full min-h-svh, so the stage is correctly sized before the browser build compiles. */

.tih-20 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

.tih-20 ::selection {
  background: oklch(0.8 0.14 163);
  color: #000;
}
/* Firefox subpixel artefacts on face edges inside a 3D context. A bug workaround,
   which is exactly the category that should stay out of the markup. */

.tih-20 .backface-hidden {
  border: 1px solid transparent;
}

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-tih20-bg: #07070f;
  --color-tih20-bg: oklch(0.11 0.012 285);
  --color-tih20-text: #f1f5f9;
  --color-tih20-text: oklch(0.96 0.005 250);
  --color-tih20-muted: #64748b;
  --color-tih20-muted: oklch(0.68 0.03 255);
  --color-tih20-acc: #34d399;
  --color-tih20-acc: oklch(0.8 0.14 163);
  --color-tih20-acc2: #e879f9;
  --color-tih20-acc2: oklch(0.78 0.19 320);
  --font-tih20-sans: 'Space Grotesk', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --ease-tih20: cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.55, 1);
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's
   w-full min-h-svh, so the stage is correctly sized before the browser build compiles. */

.tih-20 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

.tih-20 ::selection {
  background: oklch(0.8 0.14 163);
  color: #000;
}
/* Firefox subpixel artefacts on face edges inside a 3D context. A bug workaround,
   which is exactly the category that should stay out of the markup. */

.tih-20 .backface-hidden {
  border: 1px solid transparent;
}
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=Space+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap">

What changed in the port

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

  • All four of the pattern's load-bearing properties become utilities on the three elements that need them, so a missing one is visible in the markup rather than diagnosed from a broken flip.
  • backface-hidden emits the -webkit- prefix; the CSS version has to write both by hand on both faces.
  • rotate-y-180 appears twice with different meanings — statically on the back face, under group-hover: on the flipper — and reading them together is what makes the mechanism obvious.
  • focus-within:rotate-y-180 is added by the port. The back face holds the CTA, and in the CSS original that CTA is focusable while invisible.
  • motion-reduce: converts the flip into a cross-fade rather than merely disabling it, so the back content is still reachable without a 180° rotation.
  • The clip stays on the faces and never on the flipper — the one rule that makes 3D flips work, and the split is enforced by which element carries overflow-hidden.
Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any coding assistant. The block below is pre-framed with everything the AI needs to integrate this demo into your project — markup, styles, scoping notes, and the source URL. Hit Copy and paste straight into your chat.
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 Image Card Flip 3D Animation Hover
Source: https://codefronts.com/motion/tailwind-css-image-hover-effects/tailwind-image-card-flip-3d-animation-hover/

The three-layer flip &mdash; scene, flipper, two faces &mdash; with every one of its four critical properties now a named utility: [perspective:800px], transform-3d, backface-hidden and group-hover:rotate-y-180. The pattern's failure modes are all &ldquo;you forgot one of these&rdquo;, and a class list makes a missing one visible.
## HTML
```html
<section class="tih-20 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tih20-bg font-tih20-sans px-6 py-10" aria-label="3D card flip hover demo">
  <div class="grid w-full max-w-195 gap-5 grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3">
    <div class="group [perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">
      <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d transition-transform duration-650 ease-tih20 group-hover:rotate-y-180 focus-within:rotate-y-180 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:focus-within:rotate-y-0">
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden bg-[image:url('https://picsum.photos/seed/tih20-cosmos/600/800'),linear-gradient(145deg,oklch(0.25_0.1_285),oklch(0.35_0.15_280),oklch(0.5_0.2_275),oklch(0.72_0.14_275))] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat motion-reduce:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-0">
          <div class="relative z-1 p-4 bg-linear-[to_top,oklch(0_0_0/0.8),transparent]">
            <p class="text-sm font-bold text-tih20-text">Cosmos Explorer</p>
            <p class="mt-0.5 text-[10px] text-tih20-muted">Astrophotography</p>
          </div>
          <span class="absolute top-2.5 right-2.5 z-2 px-2 py-0.75 rounded-full text-[9px] font-bold text-tih20-muted bg-[oklch(1_0_0/0.07)] border border-[oklch(1_0_0/0.1)] transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-0">Hover to flip</span>
        </div>
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-5 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden rotate-y-180 bg-linear-[135deg,oklch(0.18_0.07_285),oklch(0.25_0.1_285)] motion-reduce:opacity-0 motion-reduce:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-100">
          <span class="mb-3 text-4xl" aria-hidden="true">&#127756;</span>
          <p class="mb-2 text-[15px] font-extrabold text-center text-tih20-text">20-Week Course</p>
          <p class="mb-3.5 text-[11px] leading-[1.5] text-center text-tih20-muted">Master astrophotography from light-pollution basics to deep-sky stacking.</p>
          <a href="#cosmos-enroll" class="px-4.5 py-2 rounded-full text-[11px] font-bold tracking-[0.05em] text-black no-underline bg-tih20-acc transition-[scale,box-shadow] duration-200 hover:scale-104 hover:shadow-[0_0_16px_oklch(0.8_0.14_163/0.4)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-tih20-text focus-visible:outline-offset-2 motion-reduce:transition-none">Enroll Now</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="group [perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">
      <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d transition-transform duration-650 ease-tih20 group-hover:rotate-y-180 focus-within:rotate-y-180 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:focus-within:rotate-y-0">
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden bg-[image:url('https://picsum.photos/seed/tih20-bio/600/800'),linear-gradient(145deg,oklch(0.22_0.06_150),oklch(0.35_0.09_150),oklch(0.55_0.13_155),oklch(0.8_0.14_163))] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat motion-reduce:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-0">
          <div class="relative z-1 p-4 bg-linear-[to_top,oklch(0_0_0/0.8),transparent]">
            <p class="text-sm font-bold text-tih20-text">Bio Systems</p>
            <p class="mt-0.5 text-[10px] text-tih20-muted">Botany Research</p>
          </div>
          <span class="absolute top-2.5 right-2.5 z-2 px-2 py-0.75 rounded-full text-[9px] font-bold text-tih20-muted bg-[oklch(1_0_0/0.07)] border border-[oklch(1_0_0/0.1)] transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-0">Hover to flip</span>
        </div>
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-5 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden rotate-y-180 bg-linear-[135deg,oklch(0.15_0.05_150),oklch(0.22_0.06_150)] motion-reduce:opacity-0 motion-reduce:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-100">
          <span class="mb-3 text-4xl" aria-hidden="true">&#129516;</span>
          <p class="mb-2 text-[15px] font-extrabold text-center text-tih20-text">Lab Access</p>
          <p class="mb-3.5 text-[11px] leading-[1.5] text-center text-tih20-muted">12 months of virtual lab sessions with live microscopy and specimen archives.</p>
          <a href="#bio-join" class="px-4.5 py-2 rounded-full text-[11px] font-bold tracking-[0.05em] text-black no-underline bg-tih20-acc transition-[scale,box-shadow] duration-200 hover:scale-104 hover:shadow-[0_0_16px_oklch(0.8_0.14_163/0.4)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-tih20-text focus-visible:outline-offset-2 motion-reduce:transition-none">Join Lab</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="group [perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">
      <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d transition-transform duration-650 ease-tih20 group-hover:rotate-y-180 focus-within:rotate-y-180 motion-reduce:transition-none motion-reduce:group-hover:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:focus-within:rotate-y-0">
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden bg-[image:url('https://picsum.photos/seed/tih20-arts/600/800'),linear-gradient(145deg,oklch(0.25_0.13_305),oklch(0.4_0.19_302),oklch(0.55_0.22_300),oklch(0.78_0.19_320))] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat motion-reduce:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-0">
          <div class="relative z-1 p-4 bg-linear-[to_top,oklch(0_0_0/0.8),transparent]">
            <p class="text-sm font-bold text-tih20-text">Digital Arts</p>
            <p class="mt-0.5 text-[10px] text-tih20-muted">Creative Studio</p>
          </div>
          <span class="absolute top-2.5 right-2.5 z-2 px-2 py-0.75 rounded-full text-[9px] font-bold text-tih20-muted bg-[oklch(1_0_0/0.07)] border border-[oklch(1_0_0/0.1)] transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-0">Hover to flip</span>
        </div>
        <div class="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-5 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl backface-hidden rotate-y-180 bg-linear-[135deg,oklch(0.17_0.09_310),oklch(0.25_0.13_305)] motion-reduce:opacity-0 motion-reduce:rotate-y-0 motion-reduce:transition-opacity motion-reduce:duration-300 motion-reduce:group-hover:opacity-100">
          <span class="mb-3 text-4xl" aria-hidden="true">&#127912;</span>
          <p class="mb-2 text-[15px] font-extrabold text-center text-tih20-text">Creator Pack</p>
          <p class="mb-3.5 text-[11px] leading-[1.5] text-center text-tih20-muted">Unlimited generative art tools, 500+ premium assets and weekly critique sessions.</p>
          <a href="#arts-access" class="px-4.5 py-2 rounded-full text-[11px] font-bold tracking-[0.05em] text-black no-underline bg-tih20-acc2 transition-[scale,box-shadow] duration-200 hover:scale-104 hover:shadow-[0_0_16px_oklch(0.78_0.19_320/0.4)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-tih20-text focus-visible:outline-offset-2 motion-reduce:transition-none">Get Access</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tih20-bg: #07070f;
  --color-tih20-bg: oklch(0.11 0.012 285);
  --color-tih20-text: #f1f5f9;
  --color-tih20-text: oklch(0.96 0.005 250);
  --color-tih20-muted: #64748b;
  --color-tih20-muted: oklch(0.68 0.03 255);
  --color-tih20-acc: #34d399;
  --color-tih20-acc: oklch(0.8 0.14 163);
  --color-tih20-acc2: #e879f9;
  --color-tih20-acc2: oklch(0.78 0.19 320);
  --font-tih20-sans: 'Space Grotesk', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --ease-tih20: cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.55, 1);
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's
   w-full min-h-svh, so the stage is correctly sized before the browser build compiles. */

.tih-20 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

.tih-20 ::selection {
  background: oklch(0.8 0.14 163);
  color: #000;
}
/* Firefox subpixel artefacts on face edges inside a 3D context. A bug workaround,
   which is exactly the category that should stay out of the markup. */

.tih-20 .backface-hidden {
  border: 1px solid transparent;
}
```

How this works

Four properties, four utilities.

<div class="[perspective:800px] aspect-[3/4]">          <!-- scene -->
  <div class="relative w-full h-full transform-3d
     transition-transform duration-650
     group-hover:rotate-y-180">                   <!-- flipper -->
    <div class="absolute inset-0 backface-hidden">…front
    <div class="absolute inset-0 backface-hidden rotate-y-180">…back

Drop transform-3d and the faces flatten into a scale-through. Drop backface-hidden and both faces show at once. Because all four live in class lists on the three elements, the structure is auditable at a glance — which is not true of four declarations spread over three rules.

Never clip the flipper. overflow-hidden on an element with transform-style: preserve-3d breaks the 3D context in every engine. The rounding and clipping go on the faces instead, and the utility split makes that easy to keep straight.

Reduced motion gets a cross-fade. A 180° rotation is exactly the kind of motion the media query exists for, so motion-reduce: cancels the rotation and swaps the faces by opacity instead.

Make it yours

  • Axis: rotate-x-180 on both the back face and the hover state for a vertical flip.
  • Pace: duration-650 → duration-400 for a snap, duration-900 for a slow turn.
  • Depth: the 800px in the scene's perspective — smaller is more dramatic.
  • Tap to flip: add a data-flipped attribute and a group-data-flipped:rotate-y-180 variant alongside the hover one; four lines of JS for touch.
  • Retheme through --color-tih20-acc; the CTA and focus rings read it.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • overflow-hidden and transform-3d must never share an element — the 3D context collapses. Put the clip on the faces.
  • Both faces need backface-hidden, not just the back one.
  • The back face must be pre-rotated 180°, or it arrives mirrored.
  • Hover-only flipping hides the back face's CTA from keyboard users; focus-within:rotate-y-180 is the two-word fix.
  • Firefox can show subpixel artefacts on face edges in a 3D context; the transparent hairline border stays in the stylesheet for that.
  • The browser CDN build compiles in the page and is for prototyping only. Ship the CLI or a plugin build.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

3D transforms are broadly supported; backface-hidden emits the -webkit- prefix automatically, which hand-written CSS has to remember.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

3D transforms (perspective + preserve-3d)tw ↗backface visibilitytw ↗perspectivetw ↗transitionstw ↗prefers-reduced-motiontw ↗

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