Status Pulse
Status chip with a coloured leading dot that pulses for live/active state. Different colours = different states (success, warning, error, info). The standard health-indicator pattern.
Status Pulse the 12th 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
<div class="ctc-status">
<span class="ctc-status-chip ctc-status-live">
<span class="ctc-status-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>Live
</span>
<span class="ctc-status-chip ctc-status-warn">
<span class="ctc-status-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>Degraded
</span>
<span class="ctc-status-chip ctc-status-err">
<span class="ctc-status-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>Down
</span>
<span class="ctc-status-chip ctc-status-info">
<span class="ctc-status-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>Maintenance
</span>
</div> .ctc-status {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 8px;
}
.ctc-status-chip {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 6px;
padding: 5px 11px 5px 8px;
border-radius: 999px;
font:
600 11px/1 system-ui,
sans-serif;
border: 1px solid;
}
.ctc-status-dot {
width: 7px;
height: 7px;
border-radius: 50%;
position: relative;
}
.ctc-status-dot::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
border-radius: inherit;
background: inherit;
animation: ctc-status-ping 1.6s ease-out infinite;
}
.ctc-status-live {
background: rgba(46, 204, 138, 0.12);
color: #2ecc8a;
border-color: rgba(46, 204, 138, 0.35);
}
.ctc-status-live .ctc-status-dot {
background: #2ecc8a;
}
.ctc-status-warn {
background: rgba(245, 168, 74, 0.12);
color: #f5a84a;
border-color: rgba(245, 168, 74, 0.35);
}
.ctc-status-warn .ctc-status-dot {
background: #f5a84a;
}
.ctc-status-err {
background: rgba(255, 61, 110, 0.12);
color: #ff6c8a;
border-color: rgba(255, 61, 110, 0.35);
}
.ctc-status-err .ctc-status-dot {
background: #ff3d6e;
}
.ctc-status-info {
background: rgba(96, 165, 250, 0.12);
color: #60a5fa;
border-color: rgba(96, 165, 250, 0.35);
}
.ctc-status-info .ctc-status-dot {
background: #60a5fa;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.ctc-slide:hover,
.ctc-aurora,
.ctc-status-dot::after,
.ctc-marquee:hover .ctc-marquee-track,
.ctc-marquee:focus-visible .ctc-marquee-track,
.ctc-life-chip[data-state="adding"],
.ctc-life-chip[data-state="adding"] .ctc-life-icon {
animation: none !important;
}
.ctc-life-chip[data-state="adding"] {
transform: none;
opacity: 1;
}
}
@keyframes ctc-status-ping {
0% { transform: scale(1); opacity: 0.7; }
100% { transform: scale(2.6); opacity: 0; }
}