How to Create a Ribbon using CSS

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In this tutorial we are going to learn how to make ribbon using CSS. You may play around with the CSS codes change the positions of the ribbon elements . Here's the code: CSS Code:
  1. .ribbon {
  2. font-size: 16px !important;
  3. width: 300px;
  4. position: relative;
  5. background: #C50F0F;
  6. color: #fff;
  7. text-align: center;
  8. padding: 1em 2em;
  9. margin: 2em auto 3em;
  10. }
  11. .ribbon:before, .ribbon:after {
  12. content: "";
  13. position: absolute;
  14. display: block;
  15. bottom: -1em;
  16. border: 1.5em solid #B41111;
  17. z-index: -1;
  18. }
  19. .ribbon:before {
  20. left: -2em;
  21. border-right-width: 1.5em;
  22. border-left-color: transparent;
  23. }
  24. .ribbon:after {
  25. right: -2em;
  26. border-left-width: 1.5em;
  27. border-right-color: transparent;
  28. }
  29. .ribbon .ribbon-content:before, .ribbon .ribbon-content:after {
  30. content: "";
  31. position: absolute;
  32. display: block;
  33. border-style: solid;
  34. border-color: #804f7c transparent transparent transparent;
  35. bottom: -1em;
  36. }
  37. .ribbon .ribbon-content:before {
  38. left: 0;
  39. border-width: 1em 0 0 1em;
  40. }
  41. .ribbon .ribbon-content:after {
  42. right: 0;
  43. border-width: 1em 1em 0 0;
  44. }
  45. .non-semantic-protector { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
HTML Code:
  1. <div class="non-semantic-protector">
  2. <h1 class="ribbon">
  3. <strong class="ribbon-content">RED RIBBON</strong>
  4. </h1>
  5. </div>

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