Beautiful CSS 3D Transform Examples
CSS 3D transforms create depth and visually interesting elements on your page using perspective. Copy over the examples and make them your own!
All the examples below have just a single div, so they're easy to implement in your own project, fill with a background color or HTML content. Examples made with Polypane, the browser for developers and designers.
3D Transform #1 by Modulz
div {
transform:
perspective(75em)
rotateX(18deg);
box-shadow:
rgba(22, 31, 39, 0.42) 0px 60px 123px -25px,
rgba(19, 26, 32, 0.08) 0px 35px 75px -35px;
border-radius: 10px;
border: 1px solid;
border-color:
rgb(213, 220, 226)
rgb(213, 220, 226)
rgb(184, 194, 204);
}3D Transform #2 by MagicPattern
div {
transform: perspective(1500px) rotateY(15deg);
border-radius: 1rem;
box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 0px 25px 50px -12px;
transition: transform 1s ease 0s;
&:hover {
transform: perspective(3000px) rotateY(5deg);
}
}3D Transform #3 by Cloudflare
div {
transform:
rotate3d(.5,-.866,0,15deg)
rotate(1deg);
box-shadow:
2em 4em 6em -2em rgba(0,0,0,.5),
1em 2em 3.5em -2.5em rgba(0,0,0,.5);
transition:
transform .4s ease,
box-shadow .4s ease;
border-radius: .5em;
&:hover {
transform:
rotate3d(0,0,0,0deg)
rotate(0deg);
}
}3D Transform #4 by Polypane
div {
transform:
perspective(800px)
rotateY(-8deg);
transition: transform 1s ease 0s;
border-radius: 4px;
box-shadow:
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.024) 0px 0px 0px 1px,
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 0px 0px,
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 0px 0px 8px 0px,
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 20px 30px 0px;
&:hover {
transform: perspective(800px) rotateY(-4deg);
}
}3D Transform #5 by Wozber
div {
transform:
perspective(1000px)
rotateX(4deg)
rotateY(-16deg)
rotateZ(4deg);
box-shadow: 24px 16px 64px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
border-radius: 2px;
}3D Transform #6 by Draftbit
div {
transform:
rotateX(51deg)
rotateZ(43deg);
transform-style: preserve-3d;
border-radius: 32px;
box-shadow:
1px 1px 0 1px #f9f9fb,
-1px 0 28px 0 rgba(34, 33, 81, 0.01),
28px 28px 28px 0 rgba(34, 33, 81, 0.25);
transition:
.4s ease-in-out transform,
.4s ease-in-out box-shadow;
&:hover {
transform:
translate3d(0px, -16px, 0px)
rotateX(51deg)
rotateZ(43deg);
box-shadow:
1px 1px 0 1px #f9f9fb,
-1px 0 28px 0 rgba(34, 33, 81, 0.01),
54px 54px 28px -10px rgba(34, 33, 81, 0.15);
}
}3D Transform #7 by Feyapp
div {
transform:
perspective(2000px)
translate3d(0px, -66px, 198px)
rotateX(-55deg)
scale3d(0.86, 0.75, 1)
translateY(50px);
border-radius: 5px;
will-change: transform;
transition: 0.4s ease-in-out transform;
&:hover {
transform: scale3d(1, 1, 1);
}
}3D Transform #8 by DocSpo
div {
transform:
perspective(750px)
translate3d(0px, 0px, -250px)
rotateX(27deg)
scale(0.9, 0.9);
border-radius: 20px;
border: 5px solid #e6e6e6;
box-shadow: 0 70px 40px -20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
transition: 0.4s ease-in-out transform;
&:hover {
transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, -250px);
}
}3D Transform #9 by Framer
div {
transform:
perspective(600px)
rotateX(20deg);
border-radius: 6px;
}3D Transform #10 by akhil_001 on CodePen
div {
transform:
perspective(900px)
rotateX(60deg)
scale(0.7);
box-shadow: 0px 20px 100px #555;
transition:0.5s ease all;
&:hover {
transform:
rotate(0deg)
scale(1)
translateY(10px);
}
}3D Transform #11 by Augmented UI
div {
transform:
scale(0.75)
rotateY(-30deg)
rotateX(45deg)
translateZ(4.5rem);
transform-origin: 50% 100%;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
box-shadow: 1rem 1rem 2rem rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
transition: 0.6s ease transform;
&:hover {
transform: scale(1);
}
&::before {
transform: translateZ(4rem);
&:hover {
transform: translateZ(0);
}
}
&::after {
transform: translateZ(-4rem);
&:hover {
transform: translateZ(-1px);
}
}
}3D Transform #12 by Flip by Pqina
div {
border-radius: 1em;
perspective: 600px;
box-shadow:
0 0.125em 0.3125em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25),
0 0.02125em 0.06125em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
&::before {
border-radius: 0 0 1em 1em;
width: 100%;
height: 50%;
transform-origin: center top;
transform: rotateX(180deg);
background: #333232
linear-gradient(180deg,
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 50%,
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4));
transition: 0.7s ease-in-out transform;
}
&:hover::before {
transform: rotateX(0);
}
}3D Transform #13 by hqdrone on CodePen
div {
transform:
perspective(800px)
rotateY(25deg) scale(0.9)
rotateX(10deg);
filter: blur(2px);
opacity: 0.5;
transition: 0.6s ease all;
&:hover {
transform:
perspective(800px)
rotateY(-15deg)
translateY(-50px)
rotateX(10deg)
scale(1);
filter: blur(0);
opacity: 1;
}
}
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