Filters

Drop Shadow

Utilities for applying drop-shadow filters to an element.

Quick reference

Basic usage

Adding a drop shadow

Use the drop-shadow-{amount} utilities to add a drop shadow to an element.

1. <div class="drop-shadow-md ...">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>
4. <div class="drop-shadow-lg ...">
5. <!-- ... -->
6. </div>
7. <div class="drop-shadow-xl ...">
8. <!-- ... -->
9. </div>
10. <div class="drop-shadow-2xl ...">
11. <!-- ... -->
12. </div>

Removing filters

To remove all of the filters on an element at once, use the filter-none utility:

1. <div class="blur-md invert drop-shadow-xl md:filter-none">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>

This can be useful when you want to remove filters conditionally, such as on hover or at a particular breakpoint.

Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:drop-shadow-xl to only apply the drop-shadow-xl utility on hover.

1. <div class="drop-shadow-md hover:drop-shadow-xl">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:drop-shadow-xl to apply the drop-shadow-xl utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

1. <div class="drop-shadow-md md:drop-shadow-xl">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

Using custom values

Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind includes a handful of general purpose dropShadow utilities. You can customize these values by editing theme.dropShadow or theme.extend.dropShadow in your tailwind.config.js file.

tailwind.config.js

1. module.exports = {
2. theme: {
3. extend: {
4. dropShadow: {
5. '3xl': '0 35px 35px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
6. '4xl': [
7. '0 35px 35px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
8. '0 45px 65px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)'
9. ]
10. }
11. }
12. }
13. }

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off drop-shadow value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

1. <div class="drop-shadow-[0_35px_35px_rgba(0,0,0,0.25)]">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.