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All 30 in 30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects

  1. 01Tailwind CSS Animated Underline Hover Effect
  2. 02Tailwind Liquid Text Fill Hover Animation
  3. 03Tailwind Gradient Text Hover Effect with bg-clip-text
  4. 04Tailwind Animated Strikethrough Text Hover Effect
  5. 05Tailwind Text Swap and Flip Up Hover Effect
  6. 06Tailwind CSS Glitch Text Hover Effect
  7. 07Tailwind Neon Glow Text with Flicker Animation
  8. 08Tailwind Metallic Gold Shimmer Text Effect
  9. 09Tailwind 3D Text Pop and Lift Hover Effect
  10. 10Tailwind Staggered Letter Wave Hover Animation
  11. 11Tailwind Spotlight Text Reveal on Mouse Hover
  12. 12Tailwind Hover to Reveal Hidden Spoiler Text
  13. 13Tailwind Blur to Focus Text Hover Effect
  14. 14Tailwind Magnetic Hover Effect for Buttons and Text
  15. 15Tailwind Letter Spacing Expand on Hover (Tracking Animation)
  16. 16Tailwind Outline Text Stroke to Fill Hover Effect
  17. 17Tailwind Text Scramble and Matrix Decrypt Hover Effect
  18. 18Tailwind Animated Border Button Hover Effect
  19. 19Tailwind Elastic Rubber Band Text Hover Animation
  20. 20Tailwind Variable Font Weight Hover Animation
  21. 21Tailwind Animated Rainbow Gradient Text on Hover
  22. 22Tailwind 3D Perspective Tilt Text Hover Effect
  23. 23Tailwind Smoke Dissolve Text Hover Effect
  24. 24Tailwind Fire Text Effect with Heat Wave Glow
  25. 25Tailwind Dynamic Text Shadow that Follows the Cursor
  26. 26Tailwind Infinite Text Marquee that Speeds Up on Hover
  27. 27Tailwind Duotone Split Color Text Hover Effect
  28. 28Tailwind CSS Tooltip on Hover (No JavaScript)
  29. 29Tailwind SVG Water Ripple Distortion Text Effect
  30. 30Tailwind Clip-Path Text Reveal Hover Animation
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Fire Text Effect with Heat Wave Glow

A hot-sauce wordmark that catches fire on hover: five upward-stacked text-shadow layers — yellow core to smoke — jittered by a steps(3) keyframe, plus a ±0.5° skew loop for heat haze. At rest a slow ember pulse breathes. Both hover animations ship as one --animate-tth24-blaze token.

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<section class="tth-24 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth24-bg bg-[radial-gradient(90%_60%_at_50%_100%,oklch(0.26_0.07_35/0.85),transparent_60%),radial-gradient(90%_70%_at_50%_20%,var(--color-tth24-glow),var(--color-tth24-bg)_75%)] px-5 py-14 font-tth24-sans text-tth24-ink" aria-label="Fire heat wave text demo">
  <div class="flex flex-col items-center gap-[clamp(16px,3vw,26px)] text-center">
    <p class="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.26em] text-tth24-mut">Small-batch hot sauce &middot; Carolina Reaper edition</p>
    <a id="tth24-top" href="#tth24-top" class="inline-block rounded-lg px-[0.2em] pt-[0.35em] pb-[0.12em] font-tth24-display text-[clamp(60px,14vw,150px)] leading-none tracking-[0.01em] text-tth24-coal no-underline animate-tth24-ember hover:text-tth24-flame hover:animate-tth24-blaze focus-visible:text-tth24-flame focus-visible:animate-tth24-blaze focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-8 focus-visible:outline-tth24-hot motion-reduce:animate-none! motion-reduce:hover:[text-shadow:0_-.06em_.1em_oklch(0.85_0.15_75/0.7),0_-.16em_.22em_oklch(0.65_0.18_45/0.5),0_-.28em_.3em_oklch(0.5_0.15_30/0.35)]">SCORCH</a>
    <p class="max-w-[44ch] text-[15px] leading-[1.7] text-tth24-mut">Bottled at 1.2 million Scoville. Hover the name; decide if you're serious.</p>
    <div class="mt-1 flex flex-col items-center gap-2.5">
      <a href="#tth24-top" class="grid min-h-[54px] place-items-center rounded-xl bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,oklch(0.6_0.21_40),oklch(0.48_0.19_30))] px-[30px] text-base font-extrabold text-white no-underline shadow-[0_0_0_transparent,0_0_0_transparent,inset_0_1px_0_oklch(1_0_0/0.2)] transition-[box-shadow,translate] duration-400 hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-[0_-6px_22px_oklch(0.62_0.21_40/0.5),0_8px_26px_oklch(0.4_0.15_30/0.55),inset_0_1px_0_oklch(1_0_0/0.2)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth24-flame">Dare the sauce</a>
      <span class="text-xs italic text-tth24-mut">ships with a waiver, mostly as a joke</span>
    </div>
    <p class="max-w-[54ch] text-[12.5px] leading-[1.7] text-tth24-mut">Five <code class="rounded bg-tth24-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth24-mono text-[0.9em] text-tth24-hot">text-shadow</code> layers stacked upward &mdash; yellow to smoke &mdash; jittered by <code class="rounded bg-tth24-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth24-mono text-[0.9em] text-tth24-hot">steps(3)</code>; a &plusmn;.5deg skew loop is the heat haze.</p>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth24-bg: #110a08;
  --color-tth24-bg: oklch(0.14 0.01 30);
  --color-tth24-glow: #1a1210;
  --color-tth24-glow: oklch(0.18 0.014 30);
  --color-tth24-chip: #2a1d18;
  --color-tth24-chip: oklch(0.24 0.02 35);
  --color-tth24-ink: #f2e2c4;
  --color-tth24-ink: oklch(0.91 0.04 75);
  --color-tth24-mut: #b09a8a;
  --color-tth24-mut: oklch(0.71 0.03 45);
  --color-tth24-hot: #f7a440;
  --color-tth24-hot: oklch(0.79 0.16 60);
  --color-tth24-coal: #e8b878;
  --color-tth24-coal: oklch(0.82 0.1 65);
  --color-tth24-flame: #fff2b0;
  --color-tth24-flame: oklch(0.95 0.09 95);
  --font-tth24-display: 'Bowlby One', Impact, sans-serif;
  --font-tth24-sans: 'Chivo', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth24-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  --animate-tth24-ember: tth24-ember 2.8s ease-in-out infinite;
  --animate-tth24-blaze: tth24-flick 0.55s steps(3, jump-none) infinite, tth24-haze 0.18s ease-in-out infinite alternate;

  @keyframes tth24-ember {
    0%,
        100% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.04em 0.06em oklch(0.7 0.14 55 / 0.35), 0 -0.12em 0.16em oklch(0.55 0.15 35 / 0.25), 0 -0.2em 0.25em oklch(0.4 0.12 28 / 0.2), 0 -0.3em 0.3em transparent, 0 -0.4em 0.35em transparent;
    }

    50% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.05em 0.07em oklch(0.7 0.14 55 / 0.5), 0 -0.14em 0.18em oklch(0.55 0.15 35 / 0.35), 0 -0.22em 0.27em oklch(0.4 0.12 28 / 0.28), 0 -0.32em 0.32em transparent, 0 -0.42em 0.37em transparent;
    }
  }

  @keyframes tth24-flick {
    0%,
        100% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.04em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), 0 -0.13em 0.06em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), 0 -0.26em 0.12em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), 0 -0.42em 0.2em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), 0.02em -0.6em 0.3em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }

    38% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.05em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), 0.01em -0.16em 0.07em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), -0.02em -0.3em 0.13em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), 0.02em -0.48em 0.22em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), -0.03em -0.66em 0.32em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }

    72% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.035em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), -0.015em -0.11em 0.05em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), 0.02em -0.22em 0.11em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), -0.02em -0.38em 0.19em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), 0.03em -0.55em 0.28em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }
  }

  @keyframes tth24-haze {
    from {
      transform: skewX(-0.5deg);
    }

    to {
      transform: skewX(0.5deg);
    }
  }
}

.tth-24 {
  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-tth24-bg: #110a08;
  --color-tth24-bg: oklch(0.14 0.01 30);
  --color-tth24-glow: #1a1210;
  --color-tth24-glow: oklch(0.18 0.014 30);
  --color-tth24-chip: #2a1d18;
  --color-tth24-chip: oklch(0.24 0.02 35);
  --color-tth24-ink: #f2e2c4;
  --color-tth24-ink: oklch(0.91 0.04 75);
  --color-tth24-mut: #b09a8a;
  --color-tth24-mut: oklch(0.71 0.03 45);
  --color-tth24-hot: #f7a440;
  --color-tth24-hot: oklch(0.79 0.16 60);
  --color-tth24-coal: #e8b878;
  --color-tth24-coal: oklch(0.82 0.1 65);
  --color-tth24-flame: #fff2b0;
  --color-tth24-flame: oklch(0.95 0.09 95);
  --font-tth24-display: 'Bowlby One', Impact, sans-serif;
  --font-tth24-sans: 'Chivo', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth24-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  --animate-tth24-ember: tth24-ember 2.8s ease-in-out infinite;
  --animate-tth24-blaze: tth24-flick 0.55s steps(3, jump-none) infinite, tth24-haze 0.18s ease-in-out infinite alternate;

  @keyframes tth24-ember {
    0%,
        100% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.04em 0.06em oklch(0.7 0.14 55 / 0.35), 0 -0.12em 0.16em oklch(0.55 0.15 35 / 0.25), 0 -0.2em 0.25em oklch(0.4 0.12 28 / 0.2), 0 -0.3em 0.3em transparent, 0 -0.4em 0.35em transparent;
    }

    50% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.05em 0.07em oklch(0.7 0.14 55 / 0.5), 0 -0.14em 0.18em oklch(0.55 0.15 35 / 0.35), 0 -0.22em 0.27em oklch(0.4 0.12 28 / 0.28), 0 -0.32em 0.32em transparent, 0 -0.42em 0.37em transparent;
    }
  }

  @keyframes tth24-flick {
    0%,
        100% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.04em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), 0 -0.13em 0.06em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), 0 -0.26em 0.12em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), 0 -0.42em 0.2em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), 0.02em -0.6em 0.3em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }

    38% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.05em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), 0.01em -0.16em 0.07em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), -0.02em -0.3em 0.13em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), 0.02em -0.48em 0.22em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), -0.03em -0.66em 0.32em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }

    72% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.035em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), -0.015em -0.11em 0.05em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), 0.02em -0.22em 0.11em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), -0.02em -0.38em 0.19em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), 0.03em -0.55em 0.28em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }
  }

  @keyframes tth24-haze {
    from {
      transform: skewX(-0.5deg);
    }

    to {
      transform: skewX(0.5deg);
    }
  }
}

.tth-24 {
  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=Bowlby+One&family=Chivo:wght@400..800&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;600&display=swap">

What changed in the port

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

  • Three keyframes and two animation: declarations became three tokens; --animate-tth24-blaze carries both hover animations comma-separated.
  • The reduced-motion still glow is a single motion-reduce:hover:[text-shadow:…] utility.
  • UI upgrade from the CSS original: Bowlby One's chunky slab silhouette gives the flame much more surface to burn from than Segoe 900; the CTA gained an inner highlight and white text (5:1).
  • UI upgrade: muted copy rose from 0.58 to 0.71 L — the waiver joke was 3.9:1 and now passes at 6.8:1.
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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 Fire Text Effect with Heat Wave Glow
Source: https://codefronts.com/motion/tailwind-css-text-hover-effects/tailwind-fire-text-effect-with-heat-wave-glow/

A hot-sauce wordmark that catches fire on hover: five upward-stacked text-shadow layers — yellow core to smoke — jittered by a steps(3) keyframe, plus a ±0.5° skew loop for heat haze. At rest a slow ember pulse breathes. Both hover animations ship as one --animate-tth24-blaze token.
## HTML
```html
<section class="tth-24 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth24-bg bg-[radial-gradient(90%_60%_at_50%_100%,oklch(0.26_0.07_35/0.85),transparent_60%),radial-gradient(90%_70%_at_50%_20%,var(--color-tth24-glow),var(--color-tth24-bg)_75%)] px-5 py-14 font-tth24-sans text-tth24-ink" aria-label="Fire heat wave text demo">
  <div class="flex flex-col items-center gap-[clamp(16px,3vw,26px)] text-center">
    <p class="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.26em] text-tth24-mut">Small-batch hot sauce &middot; Carolina Reaper edition</p>
    <a id="tth24-top" href="#tth24-top" class="inline-block rounded-lg px-[0.2em] pt-[0.35em] pb-[0.12em] font-tth24-display text-[clamp(60px,14vw,150px)] leading-none tracking-[0.01em] text-tth24-coal no-underline animate-tth24-ember hover:text-tth24-flame hover:animate-tth24-blaze focus-visible:text-tth24-flame focus-visible:animate-tth24-blaze focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-8 focus-visible:outline-tth24-hot motion-reduce:animate-none! motion-reduce:hover:[text-shadow:0_-.06em_.1em_oklch(0.85_0.15_75/0.7),0_-.16em_.22em_oklch(0.65_0.18_45/0.5),0_-.28em_.3em_oklch(0.5_0.15_30/0.35)]">SCORCH</a>
    <p class="max-w-[44ch] text-[15px] leading-[1.7] text-tth24-mut">Bottled at 1.2 million Scoville. Hover the name; decide if you're serious.</p>
    <div class="mt-1 flex flex-col items-center gap-2.5">
      <a href="#tth24-top" class="grid min-h-[54px] place-items-center rounded-xl bg-[linear-gradient(180deg,oklch(0.6_0.21_40),oklch(0.48_0.19_30))] px-[30px] text-base font-extrabold text-white no-underline shadow-[0_0_0_transparent,0_0_0_transparent,inset_0_1px_0_oklch(1_0_0/0.2)] transition-[box-shadow,translate] duration-400 hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-[0_-6px_22px_oklch(0.62_0.21_40/0.5),0_8px_26px_oklch(0.4_0.15_30/0.55),inset_0_1px_0_oklch(1_0_0/0.2)] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth24-flame">Dare the sauce</a>
      <span class="text-xs italic text-tth24-mut">ships with a waiver, mostly as a joke</span>
    </div>
    <p class="max-w-[54ch] text-[12.5px] leading-[1.7] text-tth24-mut">Five <code class="rounded bg-tth24-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth24-mono text-[0.9em] text-tth24-hot">text-shadow</code> layers stacked upward &mdash; yellow to smoke &mdash; jittered by <code class="rounded bg-tth24-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth24-mono text-[0.9em] text-tth24-hot">steps(3)</code>; a &plusmn;.5deg skew loop is the heat haze.</p>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth24-bg: #110a08;
  --color-tth24-bg: oklch(0.14 0.01 30);
  --color-tth24-glow: #1a1210;
  --color-tth24-glow: oklch(0.18 0.014 30);
  --color-tth24-chip: #2a1d18;
  --color-tth24-chip: oklch(0.24 0.02 35);
  --color-tth24-ink: #f2e2c4;
  --color-tth24-ink: oklch(0.91 0.04 75);
  --color-tth24-mut: #b09a8a;
  --color-tth24-mut: oklch(0.71 0.03 45);
  --color-tth24-hot: #f7a440;
  --color-tth24-hot: oklch(0.79 0.16 60);
  --color-tth24-coal: #e8b878;
  --color-tth24-coal: oklch(0.82 0.1 65);
  --color-tth24-flame: #fff2b0;
  --color-tth24-flame: oklch(0.95 0.09 95);
  --font-tth24-display: 'Bowlby One', Impact, sans-serif;
  --font-tth24-sans: 'Chivo', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth24-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  --animate-tth24-ember: tth24-ember 2.8s ease-in-out infinite;
  --animate-tth24-blaze: tth24-flick 0.55s steps(3, jump-none) infinite, tth24-haze 0.18s ease-in-out infinite alternate;

  @keyframes tth24-ember {
    0%,
        100% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.04em 0.06em oklch(0.7 0.14 55 / 0.35), 0 -0.12em 0.16em oklch(0.55 0.15 35 / 0.25), 0 -0.2em 0.25em oklch(0.4 0.12 28 / 0.2), 0 -0.3em 0.3em transparent, 0 -0.4em 0.35em transparent;
    }

    50% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.05em 0.07em oklch(0.7 0.14 55 / 0.5), 0 -0.14em 0.18em oklch(0.55 0.15 35 / 0.35), 0 -0.22em 0.27em oklch(0.4 0.12 28 / 0.28), 0 -0.32em 0.32em transparent, 0 -0.42em 0.37em transparent;
    }
  }

  @keyframes tth24-flick {
    0%,
        100% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.04em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), 0 -0.13em 0.06em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), 0 -0.26em 0.12em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), 0 -0.42em 0.2em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), 0.02em -0.6em 0.3em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }

    38% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.05em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), 0.01em -0.16em 0.07em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), -0.02em -0.3em 0.13em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), 0.02em -0.48em 0.22em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), -0.03em -0.66em 0.32em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }

    72% {
      text-shadow: 0 -0.035em 0.02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95), -0.015em -0.11em 0.05em oklch(0.78 0.17 55), 0.02em -0.22em 0.11em oklch(0.62 0.21 32), -0.02em -0.38em 0.19em oklch(0.45 0.16 25), 0.03em -0.55em 0.28em oklch(0.3 0.05 25 / 0.8);
    }
  }

  @keyframes tth24-haze {
    from {
      transform: skewX(-0.5deg);
    }

    to {
      transform: skewX(0.5deg);
    }
  }
}

.tth-24 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
```

How this works

Flame from shadows. Each layer is offset further up and blurred more, shifting from bright yellow to deep red to translucent smoke. Stacked, they read as a flame column:

0 -.04em .02em oklch(0.93 0.15 95),   /* core   */
0 -.13em .06em oklch(0.78 0.17 55),   /* flame  */
0 -.26em .12em oklch(0.62 0.21 32),   /* red    */
0 -.42em .2em  oklch(0.45 0.16 25),   /* ember  */
.02em -.6em .3em oklch(0.3 0.05 25/.8) /* smoke  */

Flicker. Three keyframes nudge each layer's offset a few hundredths of an em; steps(3,jump-none) makes the changes discrete, like real flame tongues. The parallel 0.18s skew alternation adds shimmer.

One token, two animations. --animate-tth24-blaze holds a comma-separated pair, so hover:animate-tth24-blaze runs both.

Make it yours

  • Blue flame: swap the hues 95/55/32/25 for 210/230/250/265.
  • Taller fire: extend the offsets (−.6em → −.8em) and add top padding.
  • Always burning: use animate-tth24-blaze without hover:.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • The element needs top padding (pt-[.35em]) or the flame clips at the line box.
  • Five large blurred shadows animate on every step — fine for a heading, not for body copy.
  • Respect reduced motion: the still glow keeps the hot look.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

Universal; the floor is Tailwind v4's sheet.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

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Plain CSSno Tailwind surface

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