Slide Reveal Card
On hover the initial image content translates up and out while the description panel slides up from the bottom to fill the card.
Slide Reveal Card the 9th 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-9">
<div class="card-reveal">
<div class="reveal-img">🎨</div>
<div class="reveal-content">
<h4>Hover to Reveal</h4>
<p>Content slides up from the bottom replacing the image</p>
</div>
</div>
</div> .card-reveal {
width: 195px;
height: 140px;
border-radius: 14px;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
cursor: pointer;
background: linear-gradient(160deg, #1a1a2e, #0d0d1a);
border: 1px solid var(--ccg-border2);
}
.reveal-img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
font-size: 40px;
transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}
.card-reveal:hover .reveal-img {
transform: translateY(-100%);
}
.reveal-content {
position: absolute;
bottom: -100%;
left: 0;
right: 0;
padding: 16px;
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #7c6cff, #ff6c8a);
transition: bottom 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}
.card-reveal:hover .reveal-content {
bottom: 0;
}
.reveal-content h4 {
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 700;
color: #fff;
margin-bottom: 3px;
}
.reveal-content p {
font-size: 10px;
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
line-height: 1.4;
}
/* 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-9 {
background: #0d0d14;
}
/* 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;
}