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Introduction

This guide is for any skill-level CSS programmer, to get some inspiration of button design for their website. Please read until the very end to get as much inspiration from this article as possible.

Sample with all buttons

Here is my code pen project that contains all the code for all the button ideas shown in this article.

Idea #1 Rich Shadowed Blue Button

First off is a simple blue button. It futures box shadow and translate Y function when hovered.

Idea #2 Gradient Button

Next up is the gradient button. Also, its decoration is simple compared to other CSS buttons, it is relatively simple to create and manage its style.

Idea #3 Red scaled button

The third idea is the red button with hover scaling transitions. It makes stronger boxshadow and bigger buttons when hovered.

Idea #4 Light shadowed button

A light shadow button with a special animation.

Idea #5 Simple Green Button

A simple green contained button for your website.

Idea #6 Gradient green button with animation

Idea #7 Yellow 3d Button

A yellow button that plays 3d like animation when hovered.

Idea #8 Color changing Button

A blue modern-styled button with a toon-like box-shadow when hovered.

Idea #9 Glowing dark blue button

A blue dark-themed button with a glow effect.

Idea #10 Round Glowing Blue Button

A round version of dark dark-themed button with a glow effect.

Conclusion

In this article, I showed 10 simple yet beautiful CSS button ideas. I will try to continue publishing CSS-only style ideas every two months or so, so please stay in tune for the next guide. Thank you for reading.