Magazine Card
Editorial card with image area, category badge, read progress bar that fills on hover, and a smooth lift transition.
Magazine Card the 19th of 20 designs in the 20 CSS Cards with Animations collection. The design is implemented in pure CSS — no JavaScript required. Copy the HTML and CSS panels below into your project. Because the demo is pure CSS, it works in any framework or templating engine you happen to use. The design honours prefers-reduced-motion and uses real semantic markup, so it ships accessibility-ready out of the box.
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<div class="stage-19">
<div class="card-mag">
<div class="mag-img"><div class="mag-img-inner">🌌</div></div>
<div class="mag-body">
<div class="mag-category">Design</div>
<h4>The Future of CSS in 2025</h4>
<div class="mag-footer">
<span class="mag-author">Alex Morgan</span>
<span class="mag-read">Read →</span>
</div>
<div class="mag-read-bar"><div class="mag-read-fill"></div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div> .card-mag {
width: 210px;
border-radius: 16px;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid var(--ccg-border2);
cursor: pointer;
transition: transform 0.35s;
}
.card-mag:hover {
transform: translateY(-4px);
}
.mag-img {
height: 110px;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a0533 0%, #0a1535 50%, #0d1a33 100%);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
.mag-img::before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background:
radial-gradient(ellipse at 30% 50%, rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.4), transparent 60%),
radial-gradient(ellipse at 80% 30%, rgba(61, 232, 245, 0.25), transparent 50%);
}
.mag-img-inner {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
font-size: 36px;
}
.mag-body {
padding: 14px 16px;
background: var(--ccg-surface);
}
.mag-category {
font-family: var(--ccg-mono);
font-size: 9px;
letter-spacing: 0.12em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--ccg-accent);
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.card-mag h4 {
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 700;
color: #fff;
line-height: 1.3;
margin-bottom: 6px;
}
.mag-footer {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
margin-top: 10px;
}
.mag-author {
font-size: 10px;
color: var(--ccg-muted);
}
.mag-read {
font-size: 10px;
color: var(--ccg-accent);
}
.mag-read-bar {
height: 2px;
background: rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.2);
margin-top: 8px;
border-radius: 1px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.mag-read-fill {
height: 100%;
width: 0;
background: var(--ccg-accent);
transition: width 0.4s ease;
}
.card-mag:hover .mag-read-fill {
width: 60%;
}
/* parent stage backdrop (so the demo renders standalone) */
[class^="stage-"] {
width: 100%;
min-height: 200px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
position: relative;
padding: 2.5rem 1.5rem;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.stage-19 {
background: #0a080e;
}
/* gallery vars + keyframes (so the demo renders standalone) */
:root {
--ccg-bg: #0a0a0f;
--ccg-surface: #111118;
--ccg-surface2: #17171f;
--ccg-surface3: #1e1e28;
--ccg-border: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
--ccg-border2: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.13);
--ccg-accent: #7c6cff;
--ccg-pink: #ff6c8a;
--ccg-green: #1ed98a;
--ccg-amber: #f5a84a;
--ccg-cyan: #3de8f5;
--ccg-text: #f0eeff;
--ccg-muted: #6b6987;
--ccg-label: #9896b8;
--ccg-mono: "DM Mono", "Fira Code", monospace;
--ccg-sans: "Syne", sans-serif;
}