How do I use Cute Ghost Button in my project?

Copy whichever of HTML, CSS and Tailwind matches your setup and paste it in. There is no build step, no dependency and no framework requirement. The three formats produce the same component, so pick the one that fits and ignore the rest.

How do I change the animation speed?

Edit the animation-duration on the rule that references ghost-float. A larger value slows it down, and removing the animation property stops it entirely while leaving the rest of the styling intact.

Does the animation respect reduced motion settings?

Not as written. Wrap the animation in a prefers-reduced-motion query if motion sensitivity matters for your audience, which takes three lines and is worth doing.

Can I use Cute Ghost Button commercially?

Yes. The code is free to use in personal and commercial projects, with no attribution required and no licence to accept.

What makes Cute Ghost Button different from a plain button?

It uses keyframe animation, transitions, transforms and shadows, where a default button uses none of them. That is the whole difference: the behaviour is the same and the presentation is not.

Cute Ghost Button

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Background:

<button class="ghost-btn">
  <span class="ghost-icon">👻</span>
  <span class="ghost-text">Boo!</span>
  <div class="ghost-trail"></div>
</button>

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About Cute Ghost Button

Cute Ghost Button is a button built with a keyframe animation, transforms, layered shadows and a blurred backdrop. Its stylesheet runs to 39 lines across 6 rules, declaring 20 distinct properties. It styles hover state explicitly, so the component responds to interaction rather than sitting still. The animation is driven by keyframe sequences named ghost-float and ghost-wiggle, which you can retime or remove without touching the rest of the styling. Every format shown on this page is the same component, so you can take HTML, CSS and Tailwind depending on how your project is set up. Nothing is minified and nothing depends on a framework.

When to use

Sites with a strong established look, where a neutral control would sit awkwardly, where a cute and ghost button fits the surrounding design
A single prominent button rather than a row of them, since the ghost-float animation runs continuously and several at once compete with each other
Palettes built around white, gray and blue, where this button can be dropped in without retheming
Layouts with imagery or colour behind the control, since the backdrop blur needs something to blur

How it works

The base rule sets the shape with border-radius, display, padding and position. Movement is done with transforms rather than by changing position or size, which is what keeps it smooth: transforms are composited and do not force the browser to lay the page out again. State changes are eased with a transition, so hovering does not snap. The looping motion comes from ghost-float and ghost-wiggle. Changing the animation-duration is usually the only edit needed to make it faster or calmer. The backdrop filter blurs whatever sits behind the element, which means the effect depends on the page underneath rather than on the component alone.

Accessibility

Keyboard navigation

Supported

Screen reader

Friendly

ARIA

Native element semantics, no extra attributes needed

Built on a native <button> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes. No focus style is defined. Add one before shipping, or keyboard users lose track of position. Animates without a prefers-reduced-motion guard. Wrap the animation in that query if motion sensitivity matters to your audience. Those are 2 things to fix before this ships in front of users.

Browser support

Chrome

76+

Firefox

103+

Safari

Edge

79+

Backdrop filter needs a -webkit- prefix on older Safari.

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