Creating Basic Shapes with CSS
CSS provides a powerful set of tools for creating visually appealing web pages. One of the most commonly used features of CSS is the ability to create basic shapes, such as squares, circles, triangles, parallelograms, and diamonds. In this article, we will explore how to create these shapes using CSS.
Points to be discussed
- Square
- Circle
- Triangle
- Parallelogram
- Diamond
Start with the basic code structure. We have index.html and style.css.
Basic code, which we are going to use for the following functionality:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Shapes with CSS</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="main">
<div class="container">
<div class="ShapeName"> </div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>style.css
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.main {
height: 100vh;
width: 100vw;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}As per the above basic code, we need to write the proper class name according to that. So further, we just change from shapeName to any proper shape’s name and style according to it.
Example : → <div class="square"></div>
1. Square
HTML :
<div class="square"> </div>CSS :
.square {
background: linear-gradient(33deg, #6cacff, #8debff);
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
}Preview :
2. Circle
HTML :
<div class="circle"> </div>CSS :
.circle {
background: linear-gradient(33deg, #6cacff, #8debff);
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
border-radius: 50%;
}Preview :
3. Triangle
HTML :
<div class="triangle"> </div>CSS :
.triangle {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid transparent;
background-color: #6cacff;
}→ Note : By modifying the border you can also make up-triangle, right-triangle, and left-triangle.
Preview :
4. Parallelogram
HTML :
<div class="parallelogram"> </div>CSS :
.parallelogram {
background: linear-gradient(33deg, #6cacff, #8debff);
width: 100px;
height: 50px;
transform: skew(15deg);
}Preview :
5. Diamond
HTML :
<div class="diamond"> </div>CSS :
.diamond {
background: linear-gradient(33deg, #6cacff, #8debff);
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
transform: rotate(45deg);
}Preview :
