53 CSS Border Examples

June 22, 2025

Discover creative CSS border examples to make your web design stand out. From simple lines to gradients, animations, and unique shapes these borders add depth and style to your elements. Perfect for portfolio item highlights, featured content cards, interactive buttons, and section dividers. All with clean, lightweight CSS — no extra libraries needed!

Animated CSS Gradient Border

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CSS Border Transitions

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Fitted Border Image the Easy Way

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Pure CSS circular border patterns (1 element, no images)

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SVG as Border-Image for Arbitrary Corner Shapes with Shadow

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Gradient Border

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Interactive Button Border

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Rounded Side

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Blurred Border

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Magic Borders

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Map-Inspired Border

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Jagged Border

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Border Inset

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Fancy Border Box

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Hand Drawn Border Effects

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CSS Gradient Clip-Path Borders

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CSS Gradient Rounded Borders

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Sketchy Border

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Animated Border on Hover

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Gradient Border Effect

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Background Border

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Gradient Border with Rounded Corners

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Patterned Borders

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Animated Border Image

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Partial Gradient Border

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Border-Radius Weave

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8-bit Borders Using Shadows

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Comic Style Border

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8-bit Pixel Border

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8bit border-image

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Avatar Border Effect

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Border Linear-Gradient + Border-Radius

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Corner-only Border

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Gradient Border + Transparent Background

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Colorful Border

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Custom Dashed Border

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Gradient Border

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CSS Candy Stripe Border Using Clip-Path

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Multiple Border-Radius Values

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Offset and XOR Frame: Lively

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Borders & Gradients

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CSS Gradient Borders

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Use SVG for border-image

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CSS-only Wavy Borders

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CSS Only Infinite Borders

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Stamp Border

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Native Rounded Outline

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Travel Website With Inverted border-radius

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Full Screen Vintage Frame with Multiple Borders

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Animated Border Gradient Glow

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Partial Dashed Bottom Border

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Cool img Borders With Background

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Cross-browser Offset Gradient Border From Image Source

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