---
category: Display
created: '2020-01-12'
description: Create a status light with CSS flexbox
keywords: css flexbox, css status light
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/status-light.png
title: Status light
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="status-light">
    <!-- Status light -->
    <div class="status-light__status"></div>

    <!-- Content -->
    <div class="status-light__content">...</div>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.status-light {
    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
}

.status-light__status {
    /* Background color */
    background-color: #16a34a;

    /* Rounded border */
    border-radius: 9999px;

    /* Size */
    height: 0.5rem;
    width: 0.5rem;

    /* Spacing */
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
}

.status-light__content {
    /* Take available width */
    flex: 1;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.status-light {
    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;

    /* Demo */
    width: 8rem;
}

.status-light__status {
    /* Background color */
    background-color: #16a34a;

    /* Rounded border */
    border-radius: 9999px;

    /* Size */
    height: 0.5rem;
    width: 0.5rem;

    /* Spacing */
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
}

.status-light__content {
    /* Take available width */
    flex: 1;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="status-light">
    <div class="status-light__status"></div>
    <div class="status-light__content">
        <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>