Contrast Stepper
A copy-paste theme toggle component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
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HTML
<!-- Contrast Stepper — Normal / High / Max, radiogroup semantics -->
<div class="nuda-tt2-contrast" role="radiogroup" aria-label="Contrast level">
<button class="nuda-tt2-contrast__opt" type="button" role="radio" aria-checked="false" data-level="normal">
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bars" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
</span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__label">Normal</span>
</button>
<button class="nuda-tt2-contrast__opt is-active" type="button" role="radio" aria-checked="true" data-level="high">
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bars" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
</span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__label">High</span>
</button>
<button class="nuda-tt2-contrast__opt" type="button" role="radio" aria-checked="false" data-level="max">
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bars" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__bar"></span>
</span>
<span class="nuda-tt2-contrast__label">Max</span>
</button>
</div>JavaScript
/* Contrast Stepper — radiogroup: one option active at a time. */
(function () {
var group = document.querySelector('.nuda-tt2-contrast');
if (!group) return;
var opts = group.querySelectorAll('.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt');
opts.forEach(function (opt) {
opt.addEventListener('click', function () {
opts.forEach(function (o) {
var active = o === opt;
o.classList.toggle('is-active', active);
o.setAttribute('aria-checked', String(active));
});
document.documentElement.dataset.contrast = opt.dataset.level;
});
});
})();CSS
.nuda-tt2-contrast {
display: inline-flex;
gap: 4px;
padding: 4px;
background: rgba(255,255,255,.04);
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.08);
border-radius: 10px;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 4px;
min-width: 44px;
min-height: 44px;
padding: 6px 8px;
background: transparent;
border: 1px solid transparent;
border-radius: 8px;
color: #a1a1aa;
cursor: pointer;
transition: background .25s,border-color .25s,color .25s;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
outline-offset: 2px;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt.is-active {
background: rgba(228,255,84,.1);
border-color: rgba(228,255,84,.3);
color: #e4ff54;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__bars {
display: flex;
align-items: flex-end;
gap: 2px;
height: 12px;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__bar {
width: 3px;
height: 100%;
border-radius: 1px;
background: currentColor;
opacity: .25;
transform: scaleY(.4);
transform-origin: bottom;
transition: opacity .3s,transform .3s;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="normal"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar:first-child {
opacity: 1;
transform: scaleY(.4);
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="high"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar:nth-child(1) {
opacity: 1;
transform: scaleY(.6);
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="high"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar:nth-child(2) {
opacity: 1;
transform: scaleY(.8);
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="max"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar {
opacity: 1;
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="max"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar:nth-child(1) {
transform: scaleY(.6);
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="max"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar:nth-child(2) {
transform: scaleY(.8);
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt[data-level="max"] .nuda-tt2-contrast__bar:nth-child(3) {
transform: scaleY(1);
}
.nuda-tt2-contrast__label {
font: 600 9px ui-sans-serif,system-ui;
letter-spacing: .02em;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
.nuda-tt2-contrast__opt,.nuda-tt2-contrast__bar {
transition: none;
}
}
How to use Contrast Stepper
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.