Shadows

Class	Styles
.shadow	box-shadow: var(--bs-box-shadow);
.shadow-sm	box-shadow: var(--bs-box-shadow-sm);
.shadow-lg	box-shadow: var(--bs-box-shadow-lg);
.shadow-none	box-shadow: none;

Examples

While shadows on components are disabled by default in Bootstrap and can be enabled via $enable-shadows, you can also quickly add or remove a shadow with our box-shadow utility classes. Includes support for .shadow-none and three default sizes (which have associated variables to match).

No shadow

Small shadow

Regular shadow

Larger shadow

HTML

<div class="shadow-none p-3 mb-5 bg-body-tertiary rounded">No shadow</div>
<div class="shadow-sm p-3 mb-5 bg-body-tertiary rounded">Small shadow</div>
<div class="shadow p-3 mb-5 bg-body-tertiary rounded">Regular shadow</div>
<div class="shadow-lg p-3 mb-5 bg-body-tertiary rounded">Larger shadow</div>

CSS

Sass variables

SCSS

$box-shadow:                  0 .5rem 1rem rgba($black, .15);
$box-shadow-sm:               0 .125rem .25rem rgba($black, .075);
$box-shadow-lg:               0 1rem 3rem rgba($black, .175);
$box-shadow-inset:            inset 0 1px 2px rgba($black, .075);

Sass utilities API

Shadow utilities are declared in our utilities API in scss/_utilities.scss. Learn how to use the utilities API.

SCSS

"shadow": (
  property: box-shadow,
  class: shadow,
  values: (
    null: var(--box-shadow),
    sm: var(--box-shadow-sm),
    lg: var(--box-shadow-lg),
    none: none,
  )
),