✨ CSS Shimmer Effect Generator

Updated: 2026-07-17

✨ Shimmer Settings

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📝 CSS Code

How to Use

Create shimmer/skeleton loading animations by adjusting base color, highlight color, speed and direction. Preview in real-time and copy CSS code.

Shimmer effects are commonly used as loading placeholders to provide visual feedback.

FAQ

What is a shimmer effect?

A shimmer effect uses CSS linear gradient background with enlarged background-size and @keyframes to move background-position, creating a highlight sweep animation.

How to optimize performance?

Use will-change: transform or contain: layout to optimize rendering. Remove shimmer elements after content loads.