Gradient Text
Each crumb shifts from muted grey to a full gradient on hover. Current page always shows the gradient.
Gradient Text the 10th of 22 designs in the 22 CSS Breadcrumbs 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
<nav class="bc-10" aria-label="Breadcrumb">
<ol class="bc-10__list">
<li class="bc-10__item"><a class="bc-10__link" href="javascript:void(0)">Home</a></li>
<li class="bc-10__item"><a class="bc-10__link" href="javascript:void(0)">Blog</a></li>
<li class="bc-10__item">
<a class="bc-10__link bc-10__link--cur" aria-current="page" href="javascript:void(0)"
>Article</a
>
</li>
</ol>
</nav> .bc-10__list {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.bc-10__item + .bc-10__item::before {
content: "·";
padding: 0 12px;
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
font-size: 16px;
}
.bc-10__link {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 600;
text-decoration: none;
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8b7fff, #ff6b9d, #3de8f5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
filter: grayscale(1) opacity(0.4);
transition: filter 0.35s;
}
.bc-10__link:hover {
filter: grayscale(0) opacity(1);
}
.bc-10__link--cur {
filter: grayscale(0) opacity(1);
pointer-events: none;
}