30+ Awesome CSS Glow Effects (Free Code + Demos)
Enjoy these 100% Free and Open Source HTML and Pure CSS glow effect code examples. They are easy to add to your own project.
1. CSS Neon Glow

Designed for use with Chrome. Hover them :)
Author: Felix Rilling (FelixRilling)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 1, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: css, font, ui
2. CSS Gradient Glow Letter

Author: Sathya (sathyaram)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 2, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: gradient, glowing, vibrant, letter, shadow
3. Todrick Triangle - Neon Glow Effect Using CSS Drop Shadows And Clip Paths

CSS neon glow effect using drop shadows and clip-path.
Author: Dave Brogan (davebrogan)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 27, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS
4. Card Outer CSS Glow Effect

Author: quangdao (lincohn)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: September 13, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
5. Scanning CSS Glow Lines

Author: Keely (keeann)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 31, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
6. Glass Effect Social Media Buttons With Neon Glow

A CSS only implementation of glass-like neon glow buttons with text gradients & box-shadows.
Author: Kevin Miranda (kevinmiranda)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 20, 2019
Made with:
Tags: glass effect, button, glass, neon, glow
7. Gradient Color Button With Hover Glow

Author: Jesper Lauridsen (justjspr)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 7, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
8. Lightbulb Glow

Author: Matt Benson (MattgyverTV)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Made with: HTML, CSS
9. The Glow 60s Edition

Author: Jean-Pierre Barthelemy (jpbarth)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: January 7, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS
10. Glowing Stuff

Exploration of pulsing glow effects for a banner animation.
Author: Kellie Kowalski (scifriday)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 15, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS
11. CSS Glow Effects

Author: Maryam (maryamali)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 3, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
12. Animated Back Glow

Psuedo Element + Background Gradient Animation + Blur = Badass
Author: George Hastings (georgehastings)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: January 8, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS
13. Glowing Translucent Marble

Shows how to apply various box-shadows together on a single element to create a colorful glow effect. Blog post: Creating Glow Effects with CSS
Author: Will Boyd (lonekorean)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 28, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: box-shadow, glow, color, translucent, marble
14. CSS Magical Glow Effect

A pseudorandom pulsing glow effect using only CSS3. This will only work in "webkit" browsers such as Chrome, but would work in other browsers if the appropriate prefixes were added.
Author: Matt Sorrentino (msorrentino)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: April 29, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: css3, animation
15. Circles And Stacking

Simple example of stacking box-shadows on a round element to create a glow effect. Blog post: Creating Glow Effects with CSS
Author: Will Boyd (lonekorean)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 28, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: box-shadow, glow, color, circles, stacking
16. Glowing Pulse Form

A simple, centered form with a pulsing glow effect on the input during focus. This was an entry for a WebDesign Tuts post here: http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/workshops/community-project-style-a-simple-search-form/
Author: Jack Rugile (jackrugile)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: July 8, 2012
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: glowing, css, pulse, form, animation
17. Glow Button

Author: Hornebom (Hornebom)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 5, 2016
Made with: HTML, SCSS
18. Glow Flicker

Flickering neon sign. Almost entirely CSS.
Author: Kevin (KevinOgden)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 11, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: neon, animation, css, flicker
19. Hover Glow Effect

Author: Adam Jones (adamskye)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: April 15, 2016
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: css-animation
20. Hover Glow Buttons

Author: Stockin (Stockin)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: September 26, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
21. Neon Glow

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Author: EstenGrove (EstenGrove)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: August 12, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: text-shadow, neon, glow-effect
22. Glowing Enter Button

A simple button with a glowing effect created using CSS keyframes.
Author: Jordan Craig (JieeHD)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 15, 2013
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: css, animation, button, glow, green
23. Simple Glow Effect

Author: Raúl Hernández M. (raulghm)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: July 25, 2015
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: css, glow, outer glow, alert
24. Spinner With Glowing, Gooey Effect

An SVG implementation of the spinner animation by Christophe Kerebel. The circular CSS animation was made possible by this brilliant post.
Author: Lou (hostsamurai)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: September 15, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: svg, css
25. Glow Buttons With CSS

Simple glowing buttons with CSS. Get a glow effect upon hover.
Author: Kanishk Kunal (kanishkkunal)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: January 16, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: buttons, glow-effect
26. Infinity Loader Without SVG

Glowing effect doesn't work in Edge and IE. Little mis-alignment in the circles in Firefox.
Author: zFunx (zFunx)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 18, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
27. Glowing & Responsive Text

Changing the content property of an html element also applying a glow effect with a smooth transition, using CSS. My proposed answer to the following question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/51696903/2149425
Author: Riccardo Volpe (ChemBioScripting)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: August 5, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: change content property, css, glow-effect
28. Pure CSS Glow Board Animation

This is a pure CSS Glowing board effect, that glows on hover.
Author: Prakhar Thakur (PrakharThakur)
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: October 30, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: css, pure-css, glow-effect, nojs
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