CSS Extras
Useful CSS custom functions using the new @function rule - sindresorhus/css-extras
CSS Extras launched on October 8, 2025 with 104 votes, #298 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
CSS Extras is a collection of cascading stylesheet utilities and components available on GitHub. It provides developers with additional CSS resources to enhance web styling and design workflows. The tool is designed for web developers and designers who want to expand their CSS capabilities with pre-built utilities and ready-to-use components, streamlining the process of creating styled web interfaces.
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From the sources
A comprehensive collection of CSS custom functions that leverage the new native CSS @function rule. No build step required! Feel free to copy-paste what you need. No credit needed. Currently only supported in Chrome 141+. The @function rule is going through the W3C standardization process and will be available in other browsers soon. < link rel =" stylesheet " href =" node_modules/css-extras/index.css " > Then use any of the functions in your CSS: . element { /* Math functions */ padding : --negate ( var ( --spacing )); width : --lerp ( 100 px , 200 px , 0.5 ); /* Color functions */ background : --opacity (blue , 50 % ); border-color : --tint ( var ( --primary-color ) , 20 % ); /*…from github.com
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