Gooey Blob Checkbox
A morphing blob shape squishes into view with spring easing when checked.
Gooey Blob Checkbox the 15th of 23 designs in the 23 CSS Checkboxes 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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The code
<label class="cb-blob">
<input class="cb-blob__input" type="checkbox" checked />
<span class="cb-blob__box">
<span class="cb-blob__shape"></span>
</span>
<span>Gooey blob checkbox</span>
</label> .cb-blob {
display: inline-flex; align-items: center;
gap: 10px; cursor: pointer; user-select: none;
}
.cb-blob__input { display: none; }
.cb-blob__box {
width: 28px; height: 28px; border-radius: 8px;
border: 2px solid rgba(124,108,255,.3);
display: flex; align-items: center;
justify-content: center; overflow: hidden;
}
.cb-blob__shape {
width: 18px; height: 18px;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7c6cff, #ff6c8a);
border-radius: 0;
transform: scale(0) rotate(45deg);
transition: transform .45s cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1),
border-radius .45s ease;
}
.cb-blob__input:checked
+ .cb-blob__box .cb-blob__shape {
transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg);
border-radius: 60% 40% 30% 70% / 60% 30% 70% 40%;
}