Skeleton Loader Card
Animated skeleton loading state with a sweeping shimmer wave using background-position keyframes. Replace divs with real content after data loads.
Skeleton Loader Card the 18th 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-18">
<div class="card-skel">
<div class="skel skel-avatar"></div>
<div class="skel skel-line w-3q"></div>
<div class="skel skel-line w-full"></div>
<div class="skel skel-line w-half"></div>
<div class="skel skel-gap"></div>
<div class="skel skel-line w-full"></div>
<div class="skel skel-line w-2q"></div>
<div class="skel skel-btn"></div>
</div>
</div> .card-skel {
width: 200px;
padding: 18px 20px;
border-radius: 14px;
background: var(--ccg-surface2);
border: 1px solid var(--ccg-border);
}
.skel {
background: linear-gradient(
90deg,
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) 25%,
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1) 50%,
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) 75%
);
background-size: 200% 100%;
animation: ccg-skel-wave 1.5s infinite;
border-radius: 4px;
}
.skel-avatar {
width: 44px;
height: 44px;
border-radius: 50%;
margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.skel-line {
height: 10px;
margin-bottom: 7px;
}
.skel-line.w-full {
width: 100%;
}
.skel-line.w-3q {
width: 75%;
}
.skel-line.w-half {
width: 50%;
}
.skel-line.w-2q {
width: 40%;
}
.skel-gap {
height: 14px;
}
.skel-btn {
height: 30px;
border-radius: 6px;
margin-top: 14px;
}
/* missing class rules (merged from gallery) */
@keyframes ccg-skel-wave {
0% {
background-position: 200% 0;
}
100% {
background-position: -200% 0;
}
}
/* 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-18 {
background: #0a0a0f;
}
/* 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;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.card-skel,
.card-skel * {
animation: none !important;
}
}