Lightning

Elemental & Nature · Animated · pure CSS

A cold electric-white core with a charged blue glow that crackles — erratic flicker with sudden bright spikes. Snappier than a steady neon.

Lightning

CSS

/* Lightning — generated with TEXT-FX
 * HTML: just put the class on any element.
 * Font: 'Bungee', cursive (load from Google Fonts).
 */

.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Bungee', cursive;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.text-effect {
  color: hsl(199 90% 82%);
  text-shadow: 0 0 5.6000000000000005px #fff, 0 0 14px hsl(199 100% 60%), 0 0 28px hsl(199 100% 60%);
  animation: text-effect-spark 2.1s steps(1, end) infinite;
}

@keyframes text-effect-spark {
  0%, 100% { opacity: 0.92; filter: brightness(1); }
  8% { opacity: 1; filter: brightness(1.8); }
  10% { opacity: 0.5; filter: brightness(0.8); }
  12% { opacity: 1; filter: brightness(1.6); }
  14% { opacity: 0.85; filter: brightness(1); }
  60% { opacity: 0.9; }
  62% { opacity: 1; filter: brightness(1.9); }
  64% { opacity: 0.6; }
  66% { opacity: 1; filter: brightness(1); }
}

Pure CSS — just add the .text-effect class to any element.

Category
Elemental & Nature
Type
Animated
Browser support
text-shadow glow + erratic flicker with bright spikes
Capabilities
pure

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