Measured entry

tripled-floating-gradient-shadcnui

background-effectgradient-glowmotion on file

A client-side React background card made from several blurred gradient blobs animated with Framer Motion. It ships as a shadcn registry component and relies on Tailwind utility classes plus the card and foreground theme variables.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of tripled-floating-gradient-shadcnui at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of tripled-floating-gradient-shadcnui at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of tripled-floating-gradient-shadcnui 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 tripled-floating-gradient-shadcnui
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal58.5 KB (123.9 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A dependable decorative starting point that builds and mounts cleanly across the tested layouts. Use it when Framer Motion is already justified; otherwise its dependency cost and lack of props make a small CSS treatment easier to own.

Use it if

  • You want a self-contained animated backdrop with centered sample copy.
  • Your React interface already uses Tailwind and Framer Motion.
  • You are comfortable adapting fixed styling and embedded copy in the source.

Skip it if

  • You need a lightweight CSS-only background without an animation dependency.
  • You require reduced-motion behavior without modifying the component.
  • You need configurable colors, content, or animation through component props.

Install

Installation record for tripled-floating-gradient-shadcnui
Declared dependenciesframer-motion, react
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, install Framer Motion, enable Tailwind processing for the component file, and define the card background and foreground CSS variables. Keep it behind a client-component boundary when the framework renders on the server.

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.

Alternatives

Other published entries for the background-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.