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magicui-hexagon-pattern

background-effectdark-futuristic

A copy-in React and TypeScript SVG background from Magic UI's shadcn registry. It renders a configurable repeating hexagon grid, including optional highlighted cells and dashed strokes. It has no added package dependency, but assumes Tailwind utility classes and the @/lib/utils cn helper.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of magicui-hexagon-pattern at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-hexagon-pattern at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-hexagon-pattern at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for magicui-hexagon-pattern
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal27.4 KB (92.8 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 34.86s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/hexagon-pattern.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

The component works cleanly in the configured harness and offers unusually flexible SVG geometry for a decorative background. It needs a shadcn-style setup before it will build in a bare app because its utility helper import is assumed.

Use it if

  • You need a decorative honeycomb background that can stretch across a responsive section.
  • You want to tune orientation, spacing, stroke treatment, or highlighted cells through component props.
  • Your React project already follows shadcn conventions and uses Tailwind CSS.

Skip it if

  • Your project avoids Tailwind or does not use the shadcn utility and path-alias conventions.
  • A simple static CSS background would meet the design with less component code.
  • You need an interactive or semantic grid rather than a decorative SVG hidden from assistive technology.

Install

Installation record for magicui-hexagon-pattern
Declared dependenciesnone declared
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

Add Tailwind CSS with the referenced utility classes, create a cn class-merging helper at src/lib/utils, and configure the @ alias to src. Otherwise replace the helper and utilities with local equivalents. React and TypeScript support are also required.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/magicuidesign/magicui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

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