The paper overlay effect in CSS can be used to give web content a realistic and engaging appearance, making it suitable for blog posts, portfolios, digital invitations, educational websites, presentations, product showcases, personal blogs, and event websites.

Thomas notes that focus outlines are often seen as a purely technical requirement, but suggests we should treat them as essential design elements that can help create “interfaces that are both beautiful and inclusive”, noting how they are fundamental to an accessible web. Also looks at a multi-colored striped approach, and a proposed native way to handling just that. Plenty of good examples here.

🌀 Develop foundational skills in Tailwind CSS 4 to create beautiful, responsive webpages quickly and efficiently.

The CSS Painting API allows you to create flexible, programmatic backgrounds that can dynamically adapt to element size and properties without using external images or heavy CSS animations.