Spotlight Gradient
A copy-paste animated gradients component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Animated GradientsHTMLJavaScriptCSSany framework
Move your cursor
Copy into your project
HTML
<!-- Spotlight Gradient -->
<div class="nuda-gradient-spotlight" role="img" aria-label="Cursor-following spotlight gradient">
<span class="nuda-gradient-spotlight__label">Move your cursor</span>
</div>JavaScript
/* Spotlight Gradient — vanilla JS
Updates CSS custom properties from the pointer position. */
(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-gradient-spotlight").forEach(function (el) {
el.addEventListener("pointermove", function (e) {
var r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
el.style.setProperty("--gradient-spotlight-x", ((e.clientX - r.left) / r.width) * 100 + "%");
el.style.setProperty("--gradient-spotlight-y", ((e.clientY - r.top) / r.height) * 100 + "%");
});
});
})();CSS
.nuda-gradient-spotlight {
--gradient-spotlight-x: 50%;
--gradient-spotlight-y: 50%;
position: relative;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 240px;
height: 140px;
border-radius: 14px;
background: #09090b;
border: 1px solid #27272a;
overflow: hidden;
cursor: crosshair;
}
.nuda-gradient-spotlight::before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background: radial-gradient(160px circle at var(--gradient-spotlight-x) var(--gradient-spotlight-y),rgba(228,255,84,.45),transparent 60%);
transition: background .08s linear;
}
.nuda-gradient-spotlight__label {
position: relative;
color: #a1a1aa;
font: 600 14px/1 system-ui,sans-serif;
pointer-events: none;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
.nuda-gradient-spotlight::before {
transition: none;
}
}
How to use Spotlight Gradient
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.