Crystalized Ball
A faceted glass sphere in SVG: each cut facet is lit on its own, the pointer tilts the ball and slides a glint across it, and it turns slowly on its own.
- Category: Interactive
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Crystalized Ball
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
size | number | 240 | Diameter in px. |
facets | number | 24 | |
color | string | "var(--ember)" | Tint. |
rotate | boolean | true | Turn slowly on its own. |
className | string | — |
About Crystalized Ball
Crystalized Ball is a faceted glass sphere in SVG: each facet is lit on its own, the pointer tilts the ball and slides a glint across it, and it turns slowly.
Crystalized Ball is an interactive effect 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 Crystalized Ball
- Fortune and prediction features.
- Jewellery and glass brands.
- AI assistants.
- Hero visuals.
How it works
Facets are polygons on a sphere lit by angle; tilt and glint follow springs.
Pointer effects have a keyboard or static equivalent, and nothing that matters depends on hover alone. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Crystalized Ball
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 size, facets, color, rotate live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- size (number, default 240): Diameter in px.
- facets (number, default 24).
- color (string, default "var(--ember)"): Tint.
- rotate (boolean, default true): Turn slowly on its own.
Goes well with Crystalized Ball
These interactive pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Hover Reveal List: A React hover reveal list: hovering a row floats its image beside the pointer
- Pixel Grid: A React pixel grid: cells light up under the pointer and fade slowly
- Draggable Cards: React draggable cards: polaroids scattered on a table you can pick up
- Image Accordion: A React image accordion: the hovered panel expands to reveal its caption
- Velocity Marquee: A React velocity marquee: big text that speeds up and flips with scroll
Install Crystalized Ball
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/crystalized-ballCrystalized Ball 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 crystalized-ball.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
- Is the crystal ball 3D?
- It is SVG with 3D tilts: facets are polygons lit by their angle, so it looks faceted and catches a glint, without WebGL or three.js.
- How do I install Crystalized Ball?
- Crystalized Ball is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/crystalized-ball. It copies crystalized-ball.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Crystalized Ball free for commercial use?
- Crystalized Ball 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 Crystalized Ball 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 Crystalized Ball?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Crystalized Ball's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.