CSS Card Generator
Design a content card — surface, border, shadow, image aspect, type scale and an action link — preview it live, and copy the whole component as clean CSS + HTML or a single Tailwind snippet.
Presets
Surface
Media
Type
Footer
Output
What Is a Card?
A card bundles a thumbnail, a title, a line of text and an action into one tappable unit.
Cards work because they map one thing — an article, a product, a profile — to one bounded surface. The recipe is consistent: a media area with a fixed aspect ratio so rows align, a body with a clear type hierarchy (title a step or two above the text), and an optional footer for the action.
The surface does the framing: a hairline border or a soft shadow (rarely both at full strength), a radius that matches your system, and overflow: hidden so the media respects the rounded corners.
Keep the type scale tight: 16–20px titles over 13–15px body at ~1.5 line-height reads well at card width. One accent colour for the action link is enough.
Because the media uses aspect-ratio, cards in a grid keep equal heights and the image never collapses — the same value is written into the CSS and the Tailwind aspect-… class.
The Parts of the Card
What each generated rule does.
.card
The surface: background, hairline border, radius, shadow and overflow: hidden so the media clips to the corners.
.card-img
A fixed aspect-ratio block (16:9 / 4:3 / 1:1) so every card in a row has the same media height.
.card-body
Padding plus a small vertical gap between title and text — spacing stays consistent without margins.
.card-title / .card-text
A two-step type hierarchy with margin: 0; the gap on the body does the spacing.
.card-foot
An optional action row, padded to line up with the body, holding a single accent link.
Shadow presets
Layered, low-opacity shadows (a tight contact layer plus a wide ambient one) read softer than a single hard blur.
How to Use the CSS Card Generator
Get your result in under ten seconds.
Pick a preset
Start from Media, Minimal, Bordered or another surface.
Tune the parts
Set the surface, image aspect, type sizes and the footer link.
Copy the component
Switch between CSS, HTML and Tailwind and copy the whole card.
Why Use the CSS Card Generator on Developers Web Tools
Fast, accurate and private — built for developers.
Whole component
One control panel drives the surface, media, type and footer together.
Aspect-ratio media
The image area keeps a fixed ratio so card rows align.
Layered shadows
Soft/medium/large presets use two low-opacity layers for a natural lift.
Three outputs
CSS rules, semantic HTML, or a single Tailwind markup snippet.
Smooth
Renders once per frame while you drag.
Private
Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Frequently Asked Questions
Add overflow: hidden to the card so the media clips to the border-radius — the generator includes it.
Put them in a grid or flex row with align-items: stretch and make the card a column flex; the body can then grow.
Pick one dominant cue: a hairline border on light UIs, or a soft shadow on busy/coloured backgrounds. Both at full strength looks muddy.
16:9 for landscape thumbnails, 4:3 for products, 1:1 for avatars or social tiles. Consistency matters more than the choice.
No — the preview uses a gradient placeholder; on your site you drop your own <img> into the media area.
Only in your own browser (local storage). Press Reset to clear it.