liquid-glass-design

You create a liquid glass effect by computing a displacement map from a convex squircle profile and applying it via a live CSS backdrop-filter. This approach renders refractive visuals for UI elements like search boxes and sliders in browser prototypes.

SVG displacement map modeling encodes a normalized displacement field from a convex squircle profile into an SVG filter. It applies Snell's law-inspired refraction to distort the backdrop, composing specular highlights for realistic glass refraction.

The liquid glass backdrop-filter applies primarily to Chromium-based UIs. It targets prototypes and design explorations where appearance matters, but production readiness and cross-browser parity are not required.

You should not use this CSS backdrop-filter approach for production-ready glass UI elements. It is designed for prototypes and design explorations where appearance matters but production readiness and cross-browser parity are not required.

To prototype a glass UI with SVG filters, use a moderate refractive index around 1.5. Apply this with a Chromium-backed backdrop-filter using a convex squircle profile to start rendering the liquid glass effect.