Sparkles Text

Text with small four-point sparkles that twinkle around it. The sparkles are drawn with CSS shapes and appear after the page loads.

Motionv0.1.0experimentalWCAG 2.2 AAView spec

Optional, and kept apart.

Nothing here is included in a project unless you add it, and the plain component it builds on is unchanged. This effect is decoration: it is hidden from screen readers, stands still for visitors who prefer reduced motion, and can be paused. Use Still on a preview to see that version.

Something special

import { SparklesText } from "@rdloom/react";

export default function SparklesTextBasicExample() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full justify-center py-6">
      <SparklesText className="text-4xl font-bold">Something special</SparklesText>
    </div>
  );
}

Installation

CLI

Manual

npm

pnpm

yarn

bun

npx rdloom add sparkles-text

Copies the source into src/components/rdloom. Edit it freely: rdloom upgrade merges later versions into your changes.

It also adds rdloom-motion.css next to your tokens and imports it from the tokens file, once: no setup, and no inline styles. The plain components you already use are untouched.

Use another registry client

npx shadcn@latest add https://rdloom.vimalbhatt.com/r/sparkles-text.json

Works, but without upgrade tracking, and you import the motion CSS yourself.

Usage

import { SparklesText } from "@rdloom/react";

<div className="flex w-full justify-center py-6">
  <SparklesText className="text-4xl font-bold">Something special</SparklesText>
</div>

Custom color

Golden moments

import { SparklesText } from "@rdloom/react";

export default function SparklesTextCustomColorExample() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full justify-center py-6">
      <SparklesText count={12} color="#d97706" className="text-4xl font-bold">
        Golden moments
      </SparklesText>
    </div>
  );
}

API Reference

Defined by the spec. Components also accept the props of the React Aria component they wrap.

Prop	Type	Default
`children`required The text.	`string`	none
`count` How many sparkles, from 1 to 20.	`number`	`8`
`color` Colour of the sparkles, any CSS colour.	`string`	`"var(--rd-color-action-primary)"`
`isPaused` Stops the animation and shows the text plainly. Moving content that lasts more than five seconds should be stoppable.	`boolean`	`false`

Accessibility

Role text, WCAG 2.2 AA. Tested with axe and keyboard tests; screen reader checks are in the audit checklist.

Keyboard

Not interactive.

Screen readers announce

Read as ordinary text: the effect is purely visual

What your code must do

The text is ordinary text in the page from the server render, readable with no JavaScript, and read once by screen readers
Decoration only: the animated layers are hidden from assistive technology and never take focus
Stands still for visitors who ask for less motion (prefers-reduced-motion), and can also be shown still with the rdm-still class or isPaused
In forced-colors (high contrast) mode the text is drawn in the system colours with no effect
Does not flash: nothing changes more than three times in a second (WCAG 2.3.1)
Optional: it is a separate component, so projects that do not add it carry none of its code
Choose a text colour with enough contrast on its own; the sparkles are small decoration and carry no meaning

Guidelines

Use it when

One short heading or a highlighted word that should feel special

Avoid it when

Body text or anything people read closely
Several instances on one screen

Don't

More than about 12 sparkles
Sparkles carrying meaning, such as a status

Design tokens

The semantic tokens this component uses. Change them once and every component follows; see Design tokens.

--rd-color-text-default
--rd-color-action-primary