Collection of hand-picked free HTML and CSS hero effect code examples from Codepen, GitHub and other resources. Update of April 2021 collection. 8 new items.
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Hero Appearance - CSS Only
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Hero Image Staggered Hover Zoom Effect - CSS Only
CSS only. This probably shouldn't be used on a production site, just for fun.
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Responsive: yes
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Home Hero Animation
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Hero Image Reveal
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Travel Site Hero
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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National Geographic Hero Idea
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Responsive: yes
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Flex Items
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CSS Parallax Hero
Parallax effect created with CSS transform
s and perspective
properties.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Easter Hero
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: no
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Website Hero
Just playing around with position sticky for some fun scrolling effects.
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Responsive: yes
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Heroes in the Spotlight
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Hero - 3 Designs
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Dual Picture Hero
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
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Hero Waves
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari
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Hero Animation
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari
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Hero Article
Using Grid to layout an article hero card.
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Hero Module with Flexbox and the 'vh' Unit
The hero is a widely used module. This version is created with modern techniques like flexbox
and the vh
unit. Flexbox and the vh
unit makes it possible to create this module with less code.
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CSS Star Animation for Hero
Diagonal hero div
with CSS star animation background.
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Stripe Hero
CSS stripe hero from stripe.com.
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Parallax Background Hero
Multiple background images with CSS3 animation create a multi-depth parallax effect.
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Responsive: yes
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Animated Hero Background
An animated hero background, that can be used for portfolio sites.
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Animated Hero Image with CSS Clipping
Animated with CSS and applied CSS fixed item clipping to get subtle animation.
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Hero Experiment
Mix gradients with some colourful background – have yourself some cool hero.
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Hero Image and CSS Gradient
Hero image with CSS gradient animation.
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Headings/Hero Image Typography Playground
Explanation is at the top of CSS file. Just some typefaces, helper classes and few presets for easily testing headings typography.
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Tinted Hero
A quick way to tint a typical hero in websites. Just use a pseudo class instead of another div.tint
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.hero:before { content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; background: rgba(0, 7, 100, .6); }
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
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