CSS is capable of making all sorts of shapes. Squares and rectangles are easy, as they are the natural shapes of the web. We also get the ::before and ::after pseudo-elements in CSS, which give us the potential of two more shapes we can add to the original element. By getting clever with positioning, transforming, and many other tricks, we can make lots of shapes in CSS with only a single HTML element.
| Shape | Style |
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Square |
.square {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
}
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Rectangle |
.rectangle {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
}
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Circle |
.circle {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
border-radius: 50%
}
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Oval |
.oval {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
border-radius: 100px / 50px;
}
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Triangle Up |
.triangle-up {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
}
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Triangle Down |
.triangle-down {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid red;
}
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Triangle Left |
.triangle-left {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 100px solid red;
border-bottom: 50px solid transparent;
}
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Triangle Right |
.triangle-right {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-left: 100px solid red;
border-bottom: 50px solid transparent;
}
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Triangle Top Left |
.triangle-topleft {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 100px solid red;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
}
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Triangle Top Right |
.triangle-topright {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 100px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
}
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Triangle Bottom Left |
.triangle-bottomleft {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
}
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Triangle Bottom Right |
.triangle-bottomright {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
}
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Curved Tail Arrow |
.curvedarrow {
position: relative;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 9px solid transparent;
border-right: 9px solid red;
transform: rotate(10deg);
}
.curvedarrow:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
border: 0 solid transparent;
border-top: 3px solid red;
border-radius: 20px 0 0 0;
top: -12px;
left: -9px;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
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Trapezoid |
.trapezoid {
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
border-left: 25px solid transparent;
border-right: 25px solid transparent;
height: 0;
width: 100px;
}
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Parallelogram |
.parallelogram {
width: 150px;
height: 100px;
transform: skew(20deg);
background: red;
}
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Star (6-points) |
.star-six {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
position: relative;
}
.star-six:after {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid red;
position: absolute;
content: "";
top: 30px;
left: -50px;
}
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Star (5-points) |
.star-five {
margin: 50px 0;
position: relative;
display: block;
color: red;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
transform: rotate(35deg);
}
.star-five:before {
border-bottom: 80px solid red;
border-left: 30px solid transparent;
border-right: 30px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
height: 0;
width: 0;
top: -45px;
left: -65px;
display: block;
content: '';
transform: rotate(-35deg);
}
.star-five:after {
position: absolute;
display: block;
color: red;
top: 3px;
left: -105px;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
transform: rotate(-70deg);
content: '';
}
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Pentagon |
.pentagon {
position: relative;
width: 54px;
box-sizing: content-box;
border-width: 50px 18px 0;
border-style: solid;
border-color: red transparent;
}
.pentagon:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
height: 0;
width: 0;
top: -85px;
left: -18px;
border-width: 0 45px 35px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent red;
}
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Hexagon |
.hexagon {
width: 100px;
height: 55px;
background: red;
position: relative;
}
.hexagon:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: -25px;
left: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 25px solid red;
}
.hexagon:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
bottom: -25px;
left: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 25px solid red;
}
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Octagon |
.octagon {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
position: relative;
}
.octagon:before {
content: "";
width: 100px;
height: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
border-bottom: 29px solid red;
border-left: 29px solid #eee;
border-right: 29px solid #eee;
}
.octagon:after {
content: "";
width: 100px;
height: 0;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
border-top: 29px solid red;
border-left: 29px solid #eee;
border-right: 29px solid #eee;
}
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Heart |
.heart {
position: relative;
width: 100px;
height: 90px;
}
.heart:before,
.heart:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
left: 50px;
top: 0;
width: 50px;
height: 80px;
background: red;
border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0;
transform: rotate(-45deg);
transform-origin: 0 100%;
}
.heart:after {
left: 0;
transform: rotate(45deg);
transform-origin: 100% 100%;
}
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Infinity |
.infinity {
position: relative;
width: 212px;
height: 100px;
box-sizing: content-box;
}
.infinity:before,
.infinity:after {
content: "";
box-sizing: content-box;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
border: 20px solid red;
border-radius: 50px 50px 0 50px;
transform: rotate(-45deg);
}
.infinity:after {
left: auto;
right: 0;
border-radius: 50px 50px 50px 0;
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
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Diamond |
.diamond {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom-color: red;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
.diamond:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px;
top: 50px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top-color: red;
}
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Diamond Shield |
.diamond-shield {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 20px solid red;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
.diamond-shield:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px;
top: 20px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 70px solid red;
}
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Diamond Narrow |
.diamond-narrow {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
.diamond-narrow:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px;
top: 70px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 70px solid red;
}
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Cut Diamond |
.cut-diamond {
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent red transparent;
border-width: 0 25px 25px 25px;
height: 0;
width: 50px;
box-sizing: content-box;
position: relative;
margin: 20px 0 50px 0;
}
.cut-diamond:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 25px;
left: -25px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-color: red transparent transparent transparent;
border-width: 70px 50px 0 50px;
}
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Egg |
.egg {
display: block;
width: 126px;
height: 180px;
background-color: red;
border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;
}
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Pac-Man |
.pacman {
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 60px solid transparent;
border-top: 60px solid red;
border-left: 60px solid red;
border-bottom: 60px solid red;
border-top-left-radius: 60px;
border-top-right-radius: 60px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 60px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 60px;
}
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Talk Bubble |
.talkbubble {
width: 120px;
height: 80px;
background: red;
position: relative;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.talkbubble:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
right: 100%;
top: 26px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 13px solid transparent;
border-right: 26px solid red;
border-bottom: 13px solid transparent;
}
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RSS Feed |
.rss {
width: 20em;
height: 20em;
border-radius: 3em;
background-color: #ff0000;
font-size: 14px;
}
.rss:before {
content: '';
z-index: 1;
display: block;
height: 5em;
width: 5em;
background: #fff;
border-radius: 50%;
position: relative;
top: 11.5em;
left: 3.5em;
}
.rss:after {
content: '';
display: block;
background: #ff0000;
width: 13em;
height: 13em;
top: -2em;
left: 3.8em;
border-radius: 2.5em;
position: relative;
box-shadow:
-2em 2em 0 0 #fff inset,
-4em 4em 0 0 #ff0000 inset,
-6em 6em 0 0 #fff inset
}
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12 Point Burst |
.burst-12 {
background: red;
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
.burst-12:before,
.burst-12:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
background: red;
}
.burst-12:before {
transform: rotate(30deg);
}
.burst-12:after {
transform: rotate(60deg);
}
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8 Point Burst |
.burst-8 {
background: red;
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
transform: rotate(20deg);
}
.burst-8:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
background: red;
transform: rotate(135deg);
}
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Yin Yang |
.yin-yang {
width: 96px;
box-sizing: content-box;
height: 48px;
background: #eee;
border-color: red;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 2px 2px 50px 2px;
border-radius: 100%;
position: relative;
}
.yin-yang:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 0;
background: #eee;
border: 18px solid red;
border-radius: 100%;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
box-sizing: content-box;
}
.yin-yang:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
background: red;
border: 18px solid #eee;
border-radius: 100%;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
box-sizing: content-box;
}
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Badge Ribbon |
.badge-ribbon {
position: relative;
background: red;
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
border-radius: 50px;
}
.badge-ribbon:before,
.badge-ribbon:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
border-left: 40px solid transparent;
border-right: 40px solid transparent;
top: 70px;
left: -10px;
transform: rotate(-140deg);
}
.badge-ribbon:after {
left: auto;
right: -10px;
transform: rotate(140deg);
}
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Space Invader |
.space-invader {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 1em red,
0 1em 0 1em red,
-2.5em 1.5em 0 .5em red,
2.5em 1.5em 0 .5em red,
-3em -3em 0 0 red,
3em -3em 0 0 red,
-2em -2em 0 0 red,
2em -2em 0 0 red,
-3em -1em 0 0 red,
-2em -1em 0 0 red,
2em -1em 0 0 red,
3em -1em 0 0 red,
-4em 0 0 0 red,
-3em 0 0 0 red,
3em 0 0 0 red,
4em 0 0 0 red,
-5em 1em 0 0 red,
-4em 1em 0 0 red,
4em 1em 0 0 red,
5em 1em 0 0 red,
-5em 2em 0 0 red,
5em 2em 0 0 red,
-5em 3em 0 0 red,
-3em 3em 0 0 red,
3em 3em 0 0 red,
5em 3em 0 0 red,
-2em 4em 0 0 red,
-1em 4em 0 0 red,
1em 4em 0 0 red,
2em 4em 0 0 red;
background: red;
width: 1em;
height: 1em;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 50px 0 70px 65px;
}
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TV Screen |
.tv {
position: relative;
width: 200px;
height: 150px;
margin: 20px 0;
background: red;
border-radius: 50% / 10%;
color: white;
text-align: center;
text-indent: .1em;
}
.tv:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 10%;
bottom: 10%;
right: -5%;
left: -5%;
background: inherit;
border-radius: 5% / 50%;
}
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Chevron |
.chevron {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
padding: 12px;
margin-bottom: 6px;
height: 60px;
width: 200px;
}
.chevron:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 51%;
background: red;
transform: skew(0deg, 6deg);
}
.chevron:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 50%;
background: red;
transform: skew(0deg, -6deg);
}
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Magnifying Glass |
.magnifying-glass {
font-size: 10em;
display: inline-block;
width: 0.4em;
box-sizing: content-box;
height: 0.4em;
border: 0.1em solid red;
position: relative;
border-radius: 0.35em;
}
.magnifying-glass:before {
content: "";
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
right: -0.25em;
bottom: -0.1em;
border-width: 0;
background: red;
width: 0.35em;
height: 0.08em;
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
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Facebook Icon |
.facebook-icon {
background: red;
text-indent: -999em;
width: 100px;
height: 110px;
box-sizing: content-box;
border-radius: 5px;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
border: 15px solid red;
border-bottom: 0;
}
.facebook-icon:before {
content: "/20";
position: absolute;
background: red;
width: 40px;
height: 90px;
bottom: -30px;
right: -37px;
border: 20px solid #eee;
border-radius: 25px;
box-sizing: content-box;
}
.facebook-icon:after {
content: "/20";
position: absolute;
width: 55px;
top: 50px;
height: 20px;
background: #eee;
right: 5px;
box-sizing: content-box;
}
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Moon |
.moon {
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
border-radius: 50%;
box-shadow: 15px 15px 0 0 red;
}
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Flag |
.flag {
width: 110px;
height: 56px;
box-sizing: content-box;
padding-top: 15px;
position: relative;
background: red;
color: white;
font-size: 11px;
letter-spacing: 0.2em;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.flag:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 13px solid #eee;
border-left: 55px solid transparent;
border-right: 55px solid transparent;
}
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Cone |
.cone {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 70px solid transparent;
border-right: 70px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid red;
border-radius: 50%;
}
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Rectangle |
.cross {
background: red;
height: 100px;
position: relative;
width: 20px;
}
.cross:after {
background: red;
content: "";
height: 20px;
left: -40px;
position: absolute;
top: 40px;
width: 100px;
}
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Base |
.base {
background: red;
display: inline-block;
height: 55px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-top: 55px;
position: relative;
width: 100px;
}
.base:before {
border-bottom: 35px solid red;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
content: "";
height: 0;
left: 0;
position: absolute;
top: -35px;
width: 0;
}
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Pointer |
.pointer {
width: 200px;
height: 40px;
position: relative;
background: red;
}
.pointer:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 20px solid white;
border-top: 20px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 20px solid transparent;
}
.pointer:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
right: -20px;
bottom: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 20px solid red;
border-top: 20px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 20px solid transparent;
}
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Lock |
.lock {
font-size: 8px;
position: relative;
width: 18em;
height: 13em;
border-radius: 2em;
top: 10em;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 3.5em solid red;
border-right-width: 7.5em;
border-left-width: 7.5em;
margin: 0 0 6rem 0;
}
.lock:before {
content: "";
box-sizing: border-box;
position: absolute;
border: 2.5em solid red;
width: 14em;
height: 12em;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -7em;
top: -12em;
border-top-left-radius: 7em;
border-top-right-radius: 7em;
}
.lock:after {
content: "";
box-sizing: border-box;
position: absolute;
border: 1em solid red;
width: 5em;
height: 8em;
border-radius: 2.5em;
left: 50%;
top: -1em;
margin-left: -2.5em;
}
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