How to Create a Transparent button using HTML and CSS ?

Last Updated : 17 Jan, 2024

To create a transparent button using HTML and CSS, you can set the background-color property to have an rgba value with an alpha channel less than 1 (e.g., rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) for a semi-transparent black). This allows the underlying content to show through the button, creating a transparent effect.

This article uses the background-color: transparent; property to design the transparent background button, and we will also design a semi-transparent button with small changes in the code

Example: This example shows the implementation of a fully transparent button with an example.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Fully transparent button</title>
    <style>
        body {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
            text-align: center;
        }
 
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        .btn {
            cursor: pointer;
            border: 1px solid #3498db;
            background-color: transparent;
            height: 50px;
            width: 200px;
            color: #3498db;
            font-size: 1.5em;
            box-shadow: 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>
        Create a Transparent button
        using HTML and CSS
    </h3>
 
    <button class="btn">Click me!</button>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Example 2: This example shows the design of semi transparent button with an example.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Semi transparent button</title>
 
    <style>
        body {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
            text-align: center;
        }
 
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        .btn {
            cursor: pointer;
            border: 1px solid #3498db;
            background-color: rgba(24, 100, 171, 0.1);
            height: 50px;
            width: 200px;
            color: #3498db;
            font-size: 1.5em;
            box-shadow: 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>
        Create a Transparent button
        using HTML and CSS
    </h3>
 
    <button class="btn">Click me!</button>
</body>
 
</html>