Stack of Three
Chip rendered as three stacked layers offset by 2px each — depth illusion. On hover the layers fan out diagonally. Pure CSS via two ::before/::after pseudo-elements.
Stack of Three the 5th of 20 designs in the 20 CSS Tags & Chips 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
<a href="#" class="ctc-stack">DESIGN</a>
.ctc-stack {
position: relative;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
padding: 9px 18px;
background: #ff6c8a;
color: #0a0a0a;
border-radius: 4px;
font:
700 12px/1 ui-monospace,
monospace;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-decoration: none;
transition: transform 0.3s ease;
z-index: 3;
}
.ctc-stack::before,
.ctc-stack::after {
content: "DESIGN";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
border-radius: inherit;
font: inherit;
letter-spacing: inherit;
pointer-events: none;
transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}
.ctc-stack::before {
background: #f5a84a;
transform: translate(2px, 2px);
z-index: -1;
color: transparent;
}
.ctc-stack::after {
background: #2eb88a;
transform: translate(4px, 4px);
z-index: -2;
color: transparent;
}
.ctc-stack:hover {
transform: translate(-2px, -2px);
}
.ctc-stack:hover::before {
transform: translate(4px, 4px);
}
.ctc-stack:hover::after {
transform: translate(8px, 8px);
}