Timeline Stack
Architectural blueprint scroll — chalk-white milestone cards on cyanotype navy with grid-paper backdrop and dimensional dots.
Timeline Stack the 15th of 22 designs in the 22 CSS Stacked Card 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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<div class="scd-tl"> <div class="scd-tl__c" style="--i: 0"><time>2024.09</time><b>Founded</b></div> <div class="scd-tl__c" style="--i: 1"><time>2025.04</time><b>Series A</b></div> <div class="scd-tl__c" style="--i: 2"><time>2026.02</time><b>10k Users</b></div> </div>
.scd-tl {
position: relative; width: 240px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: #0c4a8a;
background-image:
linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0.08) 1px, transparent 1px),
linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,0.08) 1px, transparent 1px);
background-size: 16px 16px;
border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
}
.scd-tl::before {
content: ''; position: absolute; left: 16px; top: 22px; bottom: 22px;
width: 2px; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
}
.scd-tl__c {
position: relative;
background: rgba(255,255,255,0.07);
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25);
color: #f0f5fa;
padding: 8px 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;
border-radius: 2px;
display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: center;
transform: translateX(calc(var(--i) * 4px));
}
.scd-tl__c:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.scd-tl__c::before {
content: ''; position: absolute; left: -22px; top: 50%;
width: 10px; height: 10px;
background: #f0f5fa; transform: translateY(-50%);
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #0c4a8a, 0 0 0 4px rgba(240,245,250,0.5);
}
.scd-tl__c time { font: 700 10px ui-monospace, monospace; opacity: 0.7; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }
.scd-tl__c b { font: 700 12px ui-monospace, monospace; letter-spacing: 0.04em; }