Border Glow
A copy-paste cards & hover component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Cards & HoverHTMLCSSany framework
Border Glow
Animated gradient border
Copy into your project
HTML
<!-- Border Glow — card with animated border glow on hover -->
<div class="nuda-border-glow">
<div class="nuda-border-glow__inner">
<h3 class="nuda-border-glow__title">Border Glow</h3>
<p class="nuda-border-glow__desc">Animated gradient border</p>
</div>
</div>CSS
/* ── Border Glow ─────────────────────────────────────────────
Outer wrapper = animated gradient, inner = card body.
Customize:
--nuda-bg-gradient : border gradient
--nuda-bg-card-bg : inner card background
--nuda-bg-clr : text color
--nuda-bg-border : border width (padding on outer)
--nuda-bg-radius : corner radius
--nuda-bg-speed : animation cycle
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.nuda-border-glow {
--nuda-bg-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg, #6366f1, #ec4899, #f59e0b, #6366f1);
--nuda-bg-card-bg: #0f0f23;
--nuda-bg-clr: #e0e7ff;
--nuda-bg-border: 2px;
--nuda-bg-radius: 16px;
--nuda-bg-speed: 4s;
width: 280px;
padding: var(--nuda-bg-border);
border-radius: var(--nuda-bg-radius);
background: var(--nuda-bg-gradient);
background-size: 300% 300%;
animation: nuda-border-glow-shift var(--nuda-bg-speed) ease infinite;
}
.nuda-border-glow__inner {
padding: 28px 20px;
background: var(--nuda-bg-card-bg);
border-radius: calc(var(--nuda-bg-radius) - var(--nuda-bg-border));
color: var(--nuda-bg-clr);
text-align: center;
}
.nuda-border-glow__title {
font-size: 1.05rem;
font-weight: 700;
margin: 0;
}
.nuda-border-glow__desc {
font-size: 0.85rem;
opacity: 0.6;
margin: 6px 0 0;
}
@keyframes nuda-border-glow-shift {
0% { background-position: 0% 50%; }
50% { background-position: 100% 50%; }
100% { background-position: 0% 50%; }
}
/* ── Accessibility ──────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-border-glow {
animation: none;
background-size: 100% 100%;
}
}How to use Border Glow
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.