Glitch Card
Two colour-shifted clones with clip-path flicker on hover in opposite directions, simulating a digital signal glitch.
Glitch Card the 14th of 27 designs in the 27 CSS Card 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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<div class="card-14"> <span class="card-14__tag">Glitch</span> <h4 class="card-14__title">Glitch Card</h4> <p class="card-14__body">RGB channel split flickers on hover.</p> </div>
.card-14__tag {
font-family: monospace;
font-size: 10px;
padding: 2px 8px;
border-radius: 20px;
background: rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.15);
color: #7c6cff;
border: 1px solid rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.3);
display: inline-block;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.card-14__title {
font-size: 17px;
font-weight: 700;
color: #f0eeff;
margin-bottom: 6px;
}
.card-14__body {
font-size: 13px;
color: #b8b6d4;
line-height: 1.6;
}
.card-14 {
width: 100%;
max-width: 280px;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 22px;
border-radius: 14px;
background: #0a0a0f;
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
cursor: pointer;
transition: border-color 0.2s;
}
.card-14:hover {
border-color: rgba(255, 108, 138, 0.35);
}
.card-14::before,
.card-14::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
border-radius: inherit;
opacity: 0;
}
.card-14::before {
background: rgba(255, 108, 138, 0.07);
clip-path: polygon(0 18%, 100% 18%, 100% 45%, 0 45%);
}
.card-14::after {
background: rgba(61, 232, 245, 0.07);
clip-path: polygon(0 55%, 100% 55%, 100% 82%, 0 82%);
}
.card-14:hover::before,
.card-14:hover::after {
opacity: 1;
}
.card-14:hover::before {
animation: card-14-glitch-a 0.4s step-end infinite;
}
.card-14:hover::after {
animation: card-14-glitch-b 0.4s step-end infinite 0.1s;
}
@keyframes card-14-glitch-a {
0%, 100% { transform: translate(-4px, 0); }
33% { transform: translate(-6px, 2px); }
66% { transform: translate(-2px, -2px); }
}
@keyframes card-14-glitch-b {
0%, 100% { transform: translate(4px, 0); }
33% { transform: translate(6px, -2px); }
66% { transform: translate(2px, 2px); }
}