--- title: Can I recreate this animated gradient button? | daily.dev description: A step-by-step walkthrough of recreating animated gradient buttons using advanced CSS techniques. The tutorial covers radial gradients, CSS custom properties... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/can-i-recreate-this-animated-gradient-button--5gqbfbcpc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Can I recreate this animated gradient button? | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough of recreating animated gradient buttons using advanced CSS techniques. The tutorial covers radial gradients, CSS custom properties... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/can-i-recreate-this-animated-gradient-button--5gqbfbcpc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5GQbFbcPc.png og:image:alt: Can I recreate this animated gradient button? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Can I recreate this animated gradient button? **[Kevin Powell](https://daily.dev/sources/kevinpowell)** · 57 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step walkthrough of recreating animated gradient buttons using advanced CSS techniques. The tutorial covers radial gradients, CSS custom properties with @property registration, background positioning, keyframe animations, and transition effects. The implementation uses multiple overlapping gradients with independent animations, custom property transitions for smooth color fills, and techniques like sibling-index for animation delays. The final result demonstrates how to create bordered and filled button variants with fade-in/fade-out effects using pure CSS without pseudo-elements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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