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Liquid chrome

A reflective liquid-metal sheet drawn by a shader: a flowing height field lit as a mirror so dark and light bands slide across it; the pointer dents it.

What it is for

Behind a bold product or brand hero (first child of a position:relative section; fills its parent).

Use it

1 · site.json
"effects": { "components": ["liquid-chrome"] }
or on the command line
node ~/.claude/skills/sitewright/scripts/scaffold.mjs --config site.json --out ./my-site --components liquid-chrome
2 · import it
import { LiquidChrome } from '@/components/fx/ui';

Files

  • components/fx/ui/LiquidChrome.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_bg-a.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_bg-a-gl.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_bg-d.ts
  • components/fx/ui/_t1.ts
  • components/fx/ui/_t2.ts
  • ui-liquid-chrome.css styles

Source

Original to Sitewright. MIT licensed.

Credits and licences: third-party notices.

Accessibility

  • Keyboard. Components in the kit are written to be reached and used with the keyboard. Try it: press Tab inside the preview.
  • Reduced motion. With prefers-reduced-motion on, animation settles to its finished state at once.
  • Touch. Pointer-follow effects are skipped on touch screens; controls stay finger-sized.