Top CSS Animated Backgrounds to make your website look more professional

CSS Animated Backgrounds are quickly becoming more popular. As HTML and CSS web design techniques progress, CSS background animations are becoming a standard part of any modern website.

If you’re just looking for some cool examples of CSS background animations, check out the awesome links at the end of this post!

Purpose of CSS Animated Backgrounds

These types of animations can be used for many different purposes, such as

  • A loading animation to give the impression that your site is fast and efficient.
  • Animated backgrounds on header images or banners to grab attention.
  • Creating an animated scrolling banner using jQuery or JavaScript.

More Resources on the Web About Animating with CSS

I recommend using these resources as a starting point to create your own animations. Most importantly, I always encourage trying out different things and experimenting with new ways of doing things; you may find something that isn’t detailed in any tutorial or documentation!

1. Animated Gradient Background

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”html,result” slug_hash=”lDdrF” user=”quasimondo”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/quasimondo/pen/lDdrF”> Animated Background Gradient</a> by Mario Klingemann (<a href=”https://codepen.io/quasimondo”>@quasimondo</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Mario Klingemann
Created with
Html | CSS | js

2. Pure Css Animated Background

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”html,result” slug_hash=”MQqMyo” user=”mohaiman”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/mohaiman/pen/MQqMyo”> Pure Css Animated Background</a> by Mohammad Abdul Mohaiman (<a href=”https://codepen.io/mohaiman”>@mohaiman</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Mohammad Abdul Mohaiman
Created with
Html | CSS

3. Sliding Diagonal Background

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”RZogMa” user=”chris22smith”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/chris22smith/pen/RZogMa”> Sliding Diagonals Background Effect</a> by Chris Smith (<a href=”https://codepen.io/chris22smith”>@chris22smith</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Chris Smith
Created with
Html | CSS

4. Animated Canvas

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”PqWBdP” user=”Munkkeli”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/Munkkeli/pen/PqWBdP”> Animated canvas backround</a> by Tuomas Pöyry (<a href=”https://codepen.io/Munkkeli”>@Munkkeli</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Tuomas Pöyry
Created with
Html | CSS

5. Animated Background with play button

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”WxeObg” user=”fixcl”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/fixcl/pen/WxeObg”> Animated background</a> by Marco Barría (<a href=”https://codepen.io/fixcl”>@fixcl</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Marco Barría
Created with
Html | CSS | js

6. Scrolling Background Animation

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”cfslr” user=”asfarmed”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/asfarmed/pen/cfslr”> animated background body tag</a> by asfar mohamed (<a href=”https://codepen.io/asfarmed”>@asfarmed</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
asfar mohamed
Created with
Html | CSS

7. Moving Cloud CSS Animation

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”zrxGve” user=”antonioescudero”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/antonioescudero/pen/zrxGve”> clouds moving css animation</a> by Antonio Escudero (<a href=”https://codepen.io/antonioescudero”>@antonioescudero</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Antonio Escudero
Created with
Html | CSS

8. Animated background points

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”NxqMJN” user=”gouff”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/gouff/pen/NxqMJN”> animated background points</a> by Gouff (<a href=”https://codepen.io/gouff”>@gouff</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Gouff
Created with
Html | CSS | js

9. Trianglify Optical Illusion background animation

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”js,result” slug_hash=”BjJlD” user=”rm”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/rm/pen/BjJlD”> Trianglify Optical Illusion</a> by Ryan Morse (<a href=”https://codepen.io/rm”>@rm</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Ryan Morse
Created with
Html | CSS | js

10. CSS3 Animated heart background

[codepen_embed height=”300″ theme_id=”light” default_tab=”css,result” slug_hash=”VLxomo” user=”nicolaguo”]See the Pen <a href=”https://codepen.io/nicolaguo/pen/VLxomo”> Animated CSS3 bubble background</a> by Nicola Guo (<a href=”https://codepen.io/nicolaguo”>@nicolaguo</a>) on <a href=”https://codepen.io”>CodePen</a>.[/codepen_embed]

Author
Nicola Guo
Created with
Html | CSS

Final Word

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