3D Press
Layered box-shadows create a physical 3D extrusion. Hovering lifts the button; clicking presses it flush into the surface.
3D Press the 21st of 21 designs in the 21 CSS Button Hover Effects 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
<button class="bhe-21__btn">3D Press</button>
.bhe-21__btn {
padding: 12px 32px;
font-size: 13.5px;
font-family: inherit;
font-weight: 500;
cursor: pointer;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
background: transparent;
color: inherit;
}
.bhe-21__btn {
background: #7c6cff;
color: #fff;
border: none;
border-radius: 8px;
box-shadow:
0 6px 0 #4a3ab0,
0 8px 16px rgba(74, 58, 176, 0.4);
transition:
transform 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1),
box-shadow 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}
.bhe-21__btn:hover {
transform: translateY(-3px);
box-shadow:
0 9px 0 #4a3ab0,
0 14px 24px rgba(74, 58, 176, 0.45);
}
.bhe-21__btn:active {
transform: translateY(4px);
box-shadow:
0 2px 0 #4a3ab0,
0 4px 8px rgba(74, 58, 176, 0.3);
}