Glass Frosted
Frosted-glass input on a soft gradient. Translucent surface with `backdrop-filter` blur and an inner highlight — an elegant fit for hero sections.
Glass Frosted the 4th of 28 designs in the 28 CSS Input Field Designs 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
<div class="if-glass">
<div class="if-glass-bg" aria-hidden="true"></div>
<label class="if-glass-field">
<span>Search</span>
<input type="search" name="q" placeholder="Search anything…" />
</label>
</div> .if-glass {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
max-width: 280px;
border-radius: 14px;
padding: 14px;
isolation: isolate;
overflow: hidden;
}
.if-glass-bg {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: -1;
background:
radial-gradient(40% 60% at 30% 30%, #f59e0b 0%, transparent 60%),
radial-gradient(50% 60% at 80% 70%, #7c3aed 0%, transparent 60%), #0a0a14;
filter: blur(24px);
transform: scale(1.2);
}
.if-glass-field {
display: grid;
gap: 6px;
font-size: 11px;
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.if-glass-field input {
width: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
backdrop-filter: blur(20px) saturate(160%);
-webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(20px) saturate(160%);
border-radius: 10px;
padding: 10px 12px;
color: #fff;
font-size: 14px;
text-transform: none;
letter-spacing: 0;
outline: none;
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
transition:
border-color 0.2s,
background 0.2s;
}
.if-glass-field input::placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45);
}
.if-glass-field input:focus {
border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
}