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Shadows

Shadow design tokens available in the Cerberus Design System.

Overview

Shadow tokens represent the shadow of an element. They provide depth and hierarchy to your interface by creating visual layers. Cerberus provides a set of predefined shadow tokens that you can use throughout your application.

Tokens

Cerberus provides the following shadow tokens:

theme.tokens.shadows

sm
{offsetX: 0, offsetY: 2, blur: 16, spread: 0, color: "hsla(274, 95%, 8%, 0.1)"}
md
{offsetX: 0, offsetY: 0, blur: 20, spread: 4, color: "hsla(274, 95%, 8%, 0.1)"}
lg
{offsetX: 0, offsetY: 0, blur: 20, spread: 8, color: "hsla(274, 95%, 8%, 0.25)"}

Usage

You can use shadow tokens with the shadow or boxShadow props:

import { Box } from "styled-system/jsx"


// Using predefined shadow tokens
<Box shadow="sm">Small shadow</Box>
<Box shadow="md">Medium shadow</Box>
<Box shadow="lg">Large shadow</Box>


// Using boxShadow prop
<Box boxShadow="md">Medium shadow</Box>

Custom Shadows

You can also define custom shadow tokens in your theme configuration:

panda.config.ts
import {
  createCerberusConfig,
  createCerberusPreset,
} from '@cerberus/panda-preset'


export default createCerberusConfig({
  presets: [createCerberusPreset()],


  include: ['./app/**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
  exclude: [],


  theme: {
    extend: {
      tokens: {
        shadows: {
          custom: {
            value: "0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)"
          },
          glow: {
            value: "0 0 20px rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
})

Shadow Values

The shadow tokens support both string values and composite objects:

String Values

shadows: {
  simple: { value: "0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)" }
}

Composite Values

shadows: {
  complex: {
    value: {
      offsetX: 0,
      offsetY: 4,
      blur: 8,
      spread: 0,
      color: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)"
    }
  }
}

Multiple Shadows

shadows: {
  layered: {
    value: [
      "0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05)",
      "0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)"
    ]
  }
}

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