Responsive multi-line Ribbon Shape

November 02, 2023

Place your text inside a responsive ribbon shape using a few lines of code.

Only one element
No pseudo-elements
Works with multi-line text

CSS only ribbon shapes with multi-line text

.ribbon {
  --r: .5em;  /* control the cutout of the ribbon */
  --c: #d81a14;
  
  padding-inline: calc(.5em + var(--r));
  background-image: 
    linear-gradient(var(--c) 70%,#0000 0), 
    linear-gradient(to bottom left,#0000 50%, color-mix(in srgb,var(--c),#000 40%) 51% 84%,#0000 85%);
  background-position: 0 .15lh;
  background-size: 100% 1lh;
  clip-path: polygon(0 .15lh,100% .15lh,calc(100% - var(--r)) .5lh,100% .85lh,100% calc(100% - .15lh),0 calc(100% - .15lh),var(--r) calc(100% - .5lh),0 calc(100% - .85lh));
}

See the Pen CSS-only Multi-line Responsive Ribbon by Temani Afif (@t_afif) on CodePen.

Here is an interactive demo where you can update the text content and see how the shape reacts

See the Pen CSS-only Multi-line Responsive Ribbon (interactive) by Temani Afif (@t_afif) on CodePen.

More Ribbon Shapes: css-generators.com/ribbon-shapes

More Detail: www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/11/css-responsive-multi-line-ribbon-shapes-part1