m3-web-vanilla
Material Design 3 — Vanilla CSS
Overview
Implement Material Design 3 using only CSS custom properties and semantic classes. No framework dependency. This is the canonical approach used by all other M3 skills in this repository.
Keywords: Material Design 3, M3, vanilla CSS, CSS custom properties, design tokens, Beer CSS, CSS framework, no framework
When to Use
- Static sites or simple web apps
- Any project where you want zero dependencies
- When you need full control over every design token
- As a reference implementation for other frameworks
- Rapid prototyping without build tools
Setup
Define M3 tokens as CSS custom properties:
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