CSS Text Shadow Generator

How to use

1. 1Pick a preset (neon glow, retro 3D, letterpress, long shadow, outline, glitch, etc.) for a quick start, or skip presets and build the shadow layer by layer.
2. 2Adjust each layer's X offset, Y offset, blur, color, and opacity. Use Add layer to stack up to six shadows for glows, outlines, and 3D effects.
3. 3Tune the preview text, font, weight, size, and text color to confirm the shadow reads at the real size you intend to ship. Switch the background to light, dark, or a transparency checker.
4. 4Copy the CSS declaration, the Tailwind arbitrary-value class, or the raw inline value, and paste it into your stylesheet, component, or design tool.

About this tool

CSS Text Shadow Generator builds a text-shadow value with full per-layer control. Each layer has its own X offset, Y offset, blur radius, color, and opacity, and you can stack up to six layers in the order they should render. Stacking is the key to building the effects designers actually ship: a neon glow is two or three soft halos in different colors, a retro 3D title is four hard offsets at increasing distance, a letterpress effect is a light shadow above and a dark shadow below, and a faux outline is four hard 1px offsets in cardinal directions. The live preview uses the exact text-shadow value the tool will copy, so you can confirm the look at the real font, weight, size, and against light, dark, or transparent backgrounds before pasting the CSS. Inputs are sliders plus numeric readouts for precise tuning, the color picker accepts native HEX or 3-digit shorthand, and layers below 100 percent opacity emit rgba() so the output stays portable across older browsers and design tools. Output is provided three ways: a copy-ready CSS declaration, a Tailwind v3+ arbitrary-value class (Tailwind has no first-class text-shadow utility, so the property is baked in), and the raw inline value for use with React, Vue, Svelte, or CSS-in-JS. Built-in presets cover the most-requested looks: soft drop, long shadow, neon glow, letterpress, retro 3D, outline, soft glow, vintage paper, glitch, and embossed. Everything runs in your browser; the colors and parameters never leave your device.

Free to use. Works in your browser. No signup, no login.