21 CSS Circular & Radial Menu Designs
Solar System
A central "sun" + 4 "planets" at decreasing orbit radii, each labelled, each orbiting at a different speed (Kepler-style — closer = faster). Real CSS animation, no JS.
Solar System the 13th of 21 designs in the 21 CSS Circular & Radial Menu 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="ccm-solar">
<a href="#" class="ccm-solar-c" aria-label="Sun">☀</a>
<div class="ccm-solar-o ccm-solar-o1">
<span class="ccm-solar-pos"><a href="#" class="ccm-solar-p" aria-label="Mercury">☿</a></span>
</div>
<div class="ccm-solar-o ccm-solar-o2">
<span class="ccm-solar-pos"><a href="#" class="ccm-solar-p" aria-label="Venus">♀</a></span>
</div>
<div class="ccm-solar-o ccm-solar-o3">
<span class="ccm-solar-pos"><a href="#" class="ccm-solar-p" aria-label="Earth">♁</a></span>
</div>
<div class="ccm-solar-o ccm-solar-o4">
<span class="ccm-solar-pos"><a href="#" class="ccm-solar-p" aria-label="Mars">♂</a></span>
</div>
</div> .ccm-solar {
position: relative;
width: 240px;
height: 240px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.ccm-solar-c {
width: 36px;
height: 36px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: radial-gradient(circle at 30% 30%, #ffd479, #f5a84a);
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
font-size: 20px;
text-decoration: none;
box-shadow: 0 0 24px #f5a84a;
z-index: 5;
}
.ccm-solar-o {
position: absolute;
border-radius: 50%;
border: 1px dashed rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
animation: ccm-solar-spin linear infinite;
}
.ccm-solar-o1 {
inset: 20px;
animation-duration: 11s;
}
.ccm-solar-o2 {
inset: 50px;
animation-duration: 8s;
}
.ccm-solar-o3 {
inset: 80px;
animation-duration: 6s;
}
.ccm-solar-o4 {
inset: 105px;
animation-duration: 4s;
}
.ccm-solar-pos {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 50%;
width: 0;
height: 0;
}
.ccm-solar-p {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 24px;
height: 24px;
margin: -12px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: #1f1f2e;
color: #c4b5fd;
font-size: 13px;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
text-decoration: none;
border: 1px solid rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.4);
animation: ccm-solar-counter linear infinite;
z-index: 6;
}
.ccm-solar-o1 .ccm-solar-p {
animation-duration: 11s;
}
.ccm-solar-o2 .ccm-solar-p {
animation-duration: 8s;
}
.ccm-solar-o3 .ccm-solar-p {
animation-duration: 6s;
}
.ccm-solar-o4 .ccm-solar-p {
animation-duration: 4s;
}
.ccm-solar-p:hover {
background: #7c6cff;
color: #fff;
}
.ccm-solar:hover .ccm-solar-o,
.ccm-solar:hover .ccm-solar-p {
animation-play-state: paused;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.ccm-holo-rim,
.ccm-snow-flakes,
.ccm-orbit-sat,
.ccm-orbit-i,
.ccm-solar-o,
.ccm-solar-o a,
.ccm-tri-grp,
.ccm-vinyl-disc,
.ccm-bh-disk,
.ccm-neb-cloud,
.ccm-neb-i {
animation: none !important;
}
}
@keyframes ccm-solar-spin { to { transform: rotate(360deg); } }
@keyframes ccm-solar-counter { to { transform: rotate(-360deg); } }