Circular Text
Text running around a slowly turning circle, with a slot in the middle. It speeds up on hover.
- Category: Text
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Circular Text
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
text | string | — | |
size | number | 140 | |
duration | number | 16 | |
children | ReactNode | — | Centre slot. |
About Circular Text
Circular Text runs a phrase around a slowly turning circle with a slot in the middle for a logo or icon, and spins faster on hover. It is the badge from every design-led site.
Circular Text is a text animation for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.
When to use Circular Text
- Scroll-down badges in heroes.
- Logo stamps and seals.
- Call-to-action badges.
- Portfolio corners.
How it works
Letters are placed by rotating each around the centre, and the ring spins with CSS. The text is exposed once as a label.
The real text stays in the page for screen readers and search engines; the animated letters are decorative copies marked aria-hidden. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Circular Text
Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.
The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change text, size, duration live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- text (string).
- size (number, default 140).
- duration (number, default 16).
Goes well with Circular Text
Circular Text is already composed into a ready-made section, so you can see it in context or install the whole block.
- Hero Statement: Hero section
- Scramble Text: React scramble text: characters cycle through glyphs before locking in
- Rotating Text: React rotating text that rolls between words letter by letter and resizes smoothly
- Highlight Text: React highlight text: a marker sweep, hand-drawn underline or scribbled circle on scroll
- Text Morph: React text morph: shared letters glide to new spots while the rest blur in and out
- Split Flap: A React split-flap display: every cell flips through the drum to its letter
Install Circular Text
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/circular-textCircular Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies circular-text.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.
You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.
See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup
Frequently asked questions
- What goes in the middle of circular text?
- Anything: a logo, an arrow or an icon. The text runs around it and spins faster on hover.
- How do I install Circular Text?
- Circular Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/circular-text. It copies circular-text.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Circular Text free for commercial use?
- Circular Text needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
- Does Circular Text work with Next.js?
- Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
- Can an AI coding agent install Circular Text?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Circular Text's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.