JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by cgough

HTML

<button>test</button>

CSS

button {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 16px 32px;
}

button:after:hover {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
  margin-left: -60px;
  margin-top: -60px;
  background: #9a9a9a;
  border-radius: 100%;
  opacity: .6;

  transform: scale(0);
}

@keyframes ripple {
  0% {
    transform: scale(0);
  }
  20% {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(1);
  }
}

button:not(:active):after {
  animation: ripple 1s ease-out;
}

/* fixes initial animation run, without user input, on page load.
 */
button:after {
  visibility: hidden;
}

button:hover:after {
  visibility: visible;
}