Reveals

Circle Open Reveal

A circular window growing to fill the frame.

Edit this in the studio

Opens with this animation loaded. Nothing is uploaded — the scene travels in the link.

animation.css
.circle-open {
  transform: translate3d(180px, 100px, 0);
  clip-path: circle(50% at 50% 50%);
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
  background: #6366f1;
  border-radius: 20px;
  animation: circle-open-anim 900ms linear 0ms infinite both;
  will-change: transform, opacity;
}

@keyframes circle-open-anim {
  0% {
    clip-path: circle(0% at 50% 50%);
    animation-timing-function: ease-out;
  }
  100% {
    clip-path: circle(75% at 50% 50%);
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .circle-open {
    animation: none;
    transition: none;
  }
}

Why it is built this way

clip-path with a circle whose radius animates. The final radius has to exceed the diagonal, not the width, or the corners stay clipped at the end.

What it animates

1 property across 1 CSS declaration. The bar shows when each one is moving.

Radius
clip-path
0 75
2 stopsrepaint

What it costs to run

Clip-path repaints on every frame rather than running on the compositor. There is no reflow, so this is far cheaper than animating width or height — but keep the painted area modest.

It runs for 0.90s across 2 keyframe stops, with every property moving over the same window.

One curve throughout: Ease Out on a plain box. Keeping a single easing across every property is what makes a multi-property animation read as one movement rather than several things happening at once.

Accessibility

Nothing here hides content — clip-path moves over 0.90s and the element is visible throughout. The exported prefers-reduced-motion guard still silences it, which matters most for the looping ones: motion that never stops is the kind that makes people feel unwell.

Related animations

circleclip-pathrevealradial