SMRTR ProgrammingDec 8, 2025LogRocket

How to create Liquid Glass effects with CSS and SVG

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Apple's iOS 26 Liquid Glass UI extends glassmorphism with physically realistic refraction and reflection effects. This tutorial demonstrates recreating the effect for web interfaces using React, SVG filters, and Tailwind CSS. It covers building displacement maps in Figma, implementing refraction with feDisplacementMap, adding specular highlights for reflection, and handling performance and accessibility concerns.

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