How do I install Iridescence?

Iridescence is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/iridescence. It copies iridescence.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Iridescence free for commercial use?

Iridescence 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 Iridescence 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 Iridescence?

Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Iridescence's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Iridescence

A soft thin-film sheen: layered sine fronts interfere and map to a spectral palette anchored on your base colour. Moving the pointer tilts the film so the spectrum slides.

Category: Backgrounds
Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge

Examples

Iridescence

Lower the amplitude for a single-hue sheen, raise it for the full spectrum.

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`speed`	`number`	`1`	Multiplier on the drift rate.
`amplitude`	`number`	`1`	How far the hue swings across the film, 0–2.
`color`	`string`	`"var(--ember)"`	Base colour the spectrum is anchored to; any CSS colour.
`mouseReact`	`boolean`	`true`	The pointer tilts the film so the spectrum slides with it.
`className`	`string`	—

About Iridescence

Iridescence renders a soft thin-film sheen: layered sine fronts interfere and map to a spectral palette anchored on your base colour. Moving the pointer tilts the film.

Iridescence is an animated background 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 Iridescence

Cosmetics and beauty.
Pearl and jewellery brands.
Creative studios.
Elegant product heroes.

How it works

It is a WebGL fragment shader written in the file, with no three.js. Props are read each frame so tuning never rebuilds the context, it pauses off screen, and it falls back to a gradient without WebGL.

The whole layer is decorative and aria-hidden, sits behind your content without taking pointer events it does not need, and pauses when scrolled off screen. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.

Customizing Iridescence

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 speed, amplitude, color, mouseReact live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

speed (number, default 1): Multiplier on the drift rate.
amplitude (number, default 1): How far the hue swings across the film, 0–2.
color (string, default "var(--ember)"): Base colour the spectrum is anchored to; any CSS colour.
mouseReact (boolean, default true): The pointer tilts the film so the spectrum slides with it.

The example on this page

Iridescence: Lower the amplitude for a single-hue sheen, raise it for the full spectrum.

Goes well with Iridescence

These backgrounds pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.

Ember Field: An animated React ember background: glowing embers drift up and flicker as they cool
Smoke: A slow React smoke background: blurred plumes drifting over dark sections, CSS only
Aurora: An animated React aurora background: soft light bands drifting across a section
Grid Beams: A React grid background with beams of light running along its lines
Meteors: A React meteor shower background: streaks falling diagonally, CSS only

Install Iridescence

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/iridescence

Iridescence 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 iridescence.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

How do I install Iridescence?: Iridescence is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/iridescence. It copies iridescence.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Iridescence free for commercial use?: Iridescence 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 Iridescence 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 Iridescence?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Iridescence's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Iridescence as Markdown · llms.txt