Box Shadows

We use two different styles of box shadows at Contentful. Box shadows to communicate depth, and glows to communicate semantics.

Box shadows are used to give depth to the user interface.

Token	Value	Example
box-shadow-positive	0px 1px 0px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.1)	Box Shadow
box-shadow-default	0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.1), 0px 3px 7px -3px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.1), 0px 6px 12px -2px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.1);	Box Shadow
box-shadow-heavy	0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.1), 0px -6px 16px -6px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.03), 0px 8px 16px -8px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.2), 0px 13px 27px -5px rgba(25, 37, 50, 0.15);	Box Shadow
inset-box-shadow-default	inset 0px 2px 0px rgba(225, 228, 232, 0.2);	Box Shadow

Glows

Glows are used to indicate semantic focus states, for example in the Button component.