Box Shadow

​Basic usage

​Adding an outer shadow

Use the shadow-sm, shadow, shadow-md, shadow-lg, shadow-xl, or shadow-2xl utilities to apply different sized outer box shadows to an element.

<div class="shadow-md ..."></div>
<div class="shadow-lg ..."></div>
<div class="shadow-xl ..."></div>
<div class="shadow-2xl ..."></div>

​Adding an inner shadow

Use the shadow-inner utility to apply a subtle inset box shadow to an element. This can be useful for things like form controls or wells.

<div class="shadow-inner ..."></div>

​Removing the shadow

Use shadow-none to remove an existing box shadow from an element. This is most commonly used to remove a shadow that was applied at a smaller breakpoint.

<div class="shadow-none ..."></div>

​Applying conditionally

​Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:shadow-lg to only apply the shadow-lg utility on hover.

<div class="shadow hover:shadow-lg">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

​Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:shadow-lg to apply the shadow-lg utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="shadow md:shadow-lg">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

​Using custom values

​Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind provides six drop shadow utilities, one inner shadow utility, and a utility for removing existing shadows. You can customize these values by editing theme.boxShadow or theme.extend.boxShadow in your tailwind.config.js file.

If a DEFAULT shadow is provided, it will be used for the non-suffixed shadow utility. Any other keys will be used as suffixes, for example the key '2' will create a corresponding shadow-2 utility.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      boxShadow: {
        '3xl': '0 35px 60px -15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)',
      }
    }
  }
}

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

​Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off box-shadow value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

<div class="shadow-[0_35px_60px_-15px_rgba(0,0,0,0.3)]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.