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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Box Shadows

Posted by Quintin Riley
Quintin Riley
12,136 Points

Box shadow

How do I set the color #222?

Carsten Pleiser
Carsten Pleiser
8,386 Points

Could you please add your current code?

3 Answers

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

Box shadows are coded like this: box-shadow: x-offset y-offset blur-radius color ; So an example might be: box-shadow: 0px 2px 2px #222;

Bradan Jackson
Bradan Jackson
20,558 Points
Bradan Jackson
Bradan Jackson
20,558 Points

The part that you have in here is correct, but you're forgetting the spread.

.box { box-shadow: x-offset y-offset blur spread color; }

Hope this helps!

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

Yeah, forgot about that. Thanks for the correction.