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Split Tone

Teal shadows, cream highlights — a darkroom split-tone grade that keeps every detail of the photo.

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Green natural landscape

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interaction
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browser
Modern evergreen
reduced motion
static
touch fallback
Identical on touch
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About Split Tone

Split Tone applies a classic darkroom split-tone grade with two blend-mode pseudo-element layers: a ::before with mix-blend-mode: lighten tints the shadows (dark pixels take the tint, bright ones stay put) and a ::after with mix-blend-mode: darken tints the highlights — the photo's detail is fully preserved, unlike a duotone remap. Tune --ifx-st-shadow / --ifx-st-high for the two hues and --ifx-st-shadow-op / --ifx-st-high-op for each layer's strength; classic pairings are teal shadows with cream highlights, or plum and gold. Both layers are pointer-events:none, so it is identical on touch, and being purely tonal there is no motion or reduced-motion concern.

Use cases

  • photography
  • editorial
  • portfolio
  • hero

Browser support

Modern evergreen.

Accessibility

  • Essential content is never hidden behind hover.
  • No motion — nothing to reduce.
  • Touch fallback: identical on touch.