Neon Glass Buttons (Tailwindcss)

Buttons don’t have to be boring. With Tailwind CSS, you can quickly build neon-glass buttons that look like glowing UI elements straight out of a cyberpunk dashboard. In this tutorial, we’ll create interactive button variants with hover effects, blur, and gradients.

The Base Layout

We start with a centered container and a single button. Tailwind’s utility classes make alignment easy:

This gives us a plain rounded button on a dark background. Nothing fancy yet.

Adding the Neon Glass Effect

To make it feel “glass-like,” we’ll:

• Add a transparent radial gradient background.

• Use backdrop-blur for that frosted glass effect.

• Apply a subtle border with low opacity.

Already looks slick, but let’s make it pop more.

Adding a Glow Shadow

We’ll add a blurred ellipse under the button to simulate a neon shadow:

Now the button looks like it’s glowing off the surface.

Adding Hover Animations

Animations are what sell the neon-glass vibe. On hover, we’ll:

• Slightly scale up the button.

• Glow brighter with a shadow.

• Enhance the gradient.

Multiple Color Variants

Why stop at blue? Let’s make Blue, Pink, and Green versions:

This approach gives you a flexible neon-glass button system. You can swap out colors (blue, pink, green, purple, etc.), tweak the blur for softer/harder glass, or adjust shadows for different glow intensity.

Perfect for cyberpunk dashboards, landing pages, or just flexing design skills :3