CSS Snippets for White Backgrounds

Production-ready CSS patterns for creating depth, dimension, and elegance on white backgrounds. Click to copy any snippet.

.card {
  background: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow:
    0 4px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.06),
    0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);
}

.card {
  background: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 12px;
  border: 1px solid
    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
}

.neumorphic {
  background: #f0f0f0;
  border-radius: 20px;
  box-shadow:
    8px 8px 16px #d1d1d1,
    -8px -8px 16px #ffffff;
}

.glass {
  background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
  border-radius: 12px;
  border: 1px solid
    rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
}

Hover me

.card {
  transition: transform 0.3s ease,
    box-shadow 0.3s ease;
}
.card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 32px
    rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.gradient-border {
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 12px;
  position: relative;
}
.gradient-border::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: -1px;
  border-radius: 13px;
  background: linear-gradient(
    135deg, #e0e0e0,
    #f5f5f5, #e0e0e0);
  z-index: -1;
}

Clean slate for white backgrounds

*, *::before, *::after {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
  background: #FFFFFF;
  min-height: 100vh;
  -webkit-font-smoothing:
    antialiased;
}

.deep-shadow {
  box-shadow:
    0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.02),
    0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.02),
    0 4px 8px rgba(0,0,0,.03),
    0 8px 16px rgba(0,0,0,.03),
    0 16px 32px rgba(0,0,0,.04);
}

.inset-card {
  background: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 2px 4px
      rgba(0,0,0,0.04),
    inset 0 0 0 1px
      rgba(0,0,0,0.04);
}