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Glass / Depth

Depth Shadow Stacking

Uses multiple layered shadows to simulate realistic elevation.

Professional, refined, subtle

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Best use: Enterprise UI, cards, modals

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Elevation system

Depth you can feel, stacked one shadow at a time.

Every surface sits on a defined tier — and each tier is a stack of layered shadows, never just one — so cards read as real, liftable objects. Pick a tier and watch the card rise.

--elevation-2 4 stacked layers reach 13px
Workspace planActive
$1,290/ month
  • Seats48 / 60
  • Monthly API calls2.41M
  • Primary regioneu-central-1
01Resting--elevation-1
02Raised--elevation-2
03Floating--elevation-3
04Lifted--elevation-4
05Overlay--elevation-5

Technique: stacked box-shadow — 3–8 cool-tinted layers per tier, offset & blur growing on an exponential curve