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CSS text-shadow Property

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The text-shadow property in CSS is used to add shadows to the text. This property accepts a list of shadows that are to be applied to the text, separated by the comma. The default value of the text-shadow property is none.

Syntax:

text-shadow: h-shadow v-shadow blur-radius color|none|initial|
inherit;

Property values: 

  • h-shadow: This property is required & used to specify the position of horizontal shadow. It accepts the negative values.
  • v-shadow: This property is required & used to specify the position of vertical shadow. It also accepts the negative values.
  • blur-radius: It is used to set the blur radius. Its default value is 0 & is optional.
  • none: It represents no shadow added to the text, this is the default value.
  • color: It is used to set the color of the shadow. It is optional.
  • initial: It is used to set text-shadow to its default value.
  • inherit: This property is inherited from its parent element.

Example: This example shows the use of the text-shadow property with specific values assigned in pixels.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title> CSS | text-shadow Property </title>
    <style>
    h1 {
        text-shadow: 5px 5px 8px #00FF00;
    }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1> GeeksforGeeks </h1>
</body>
</html>


Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the text-shadow property are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 2.0
  • Internet Explorer 10.0
  • Microsoft Edge 12.0
  • Firefox 3.5
  • Opera 9.5
  • Safari 1.1

Last Updated : 30 Jun, 2022
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