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Shadow

A soft blur behind an element to make it feel raised.

A shadow is a soft, dark area cast behind an element to suggest depth. It tells your eye that the element sits above the surface — like a card lifted off the page.

Shadows are subtle. Keep them low-opacity (around 5–15%) with a generous blur. A hard, dark shadow looks like a hole in the screen, not a lift.

Use shadow size to show how far an element is raised. A small, close shadow means low elevation — a button at rest. A large, soft shadow means high elevation — a modal floating over everything.

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