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How can I do a folded ribbon effect using CSS?


I'm trying to convert an image based info-graphic to html and css. I can get 90% there, but am looking for some help with the folded ribbon effect . The info-graphic has Yes/No directions like this:

The end of the "ribbon" is folded under and pokes out the bottom with a darker shade of the primary colour.

CSS ribbon shape

Here is what i have so far:

<style>
	.container { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; background-color: white; border-radius: 1em; }
	.container .header { width: 100%; font-size: 3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.9; padding: 1em 3em !important; text-align: center }
	.container .child:first-child { width: 100%; }
	.container .child:not(:first-child) { width: 50%; font-size: 13px; }
	.container .child { display: inline-block; padding: 1em; }
	.container .leftcol { border-right: 2px solid black; }
	.container .redright { position: relative; background-color: #cd1719; color: white; font-size: 3em; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 0.5em; border-radius: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
	.container .greenleft { position: relative; background-color: #7fbc03; color: white; text-align: right; font-size: 3em; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 0.5em; border-radius: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
	.container .greenleft::before { content: ""; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; border-width: 1.5em 1em 1.25em 0; border-color: white #7fbc03 transparent transparent; display: block; border-style: solid; bottom: -1em; }
</style>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="child header">Header</div>
        <div class="child leftcol">
            <div class="greenleft">Yes</div>
            <p>Content on the left</p>
        </div>
        <div class="child rightcol">
            <div class="redright">No</div>
            <p>Content on the right</p>
        </div>
    </div>


Solution

  • I would do it like below:

    .box {
      width: 200px;
      padding: 10px 20px;
      margin: 40px 80px;
      color: #fff;
      text-align: right;
      background: #7fbc03;
      border-radius: 8px;
      position: relative;
      z-index: 0;
    }
    
    .box::before,
    .box::after {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      z-index: -1;
      top: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      background: inherit;
      border-radius:inherit;
      border-bottom-left-radius:0;
      transform-origin: top left;
    }
    
    .box::before {
      left: 0;
      right: 20%;
      transform: skewX(-40deg);
    }
    
    .box::after {
      z-index: -2;
      left: 1px;
      height: 130%; /* ~ 100%/cos(40deg) */
      width: 40px;
      filter: brightness(0.7);
      transform: rotate(40deg);
    }
    
    .right {
      text-align: left;
      background: #cd1719;
    }
    
    .right::before {
      right: 0;
      left: 20%;
      border-bottom-right-radius:0;
      border-bottom-left-radius:inherit;
      transform: skewX(40deg);
    }
    
    .right::after {
      right: 1px;
      left: auto;
      transform-origin: top right;
      border-bottom-right-radius:0;
      border-bottom-left-radius:inherit;
      transform: rotate(-40deg);
    }
    <div class="box">YES</div>
    
    <div class="box right">NO</div>
    
    <div class="box right" style="background:lightblue;">Two <br> lines</div>
    
    <div class="box" style="background:purple;width:auto;">full width</div>
    
    <div class="box right" style="background:orange;width:auto;display:inline-block">auto width</div>

    CSS folded ribbon