Shadcn Card: React Card Component Examples with Tailwind CSS
The shadcn card is the workhorse container of modern interfaces: a surface with a header, content area, and footer that frames almost any piece of UI. Built on Tailwind CSS with shadcn/ui theme tokens, the react card component gives you consistent padding, borders, and radii without hand-tuning every box in your app.
This page gathers nine card examples you can copy and paste, going well beyond the default layout. There are cards with forms, cards with top images, cards with tabs, a cookie consent card, a search card with an empty state, and a social profile card, each written in TypeScript and ready for Next.js or any React project.
What you get
- Structured anatomy: CardHeader, CardTitle, CardDescription, CardContent, CardFooter, and CardAction slots that keep layouts consistent.
- Form cards: A login style card with labeled inputs and a submit button, the classic starting point for auth screens.
- Media cards: A variant with a top image for content previews, articles, and product summaries.
- Cards with tabs: Tabbed content inside a single card so related views share one surface.
- Real world patterns: Cookie consent, search with an empty state, and a social profile card show the component in applied scenarios.
Implementation tips
- Use the slots: Reach for CardHeader and CardFooter instead of custom flex wrappers, so spacing stays uniform across the app.
- Mind heading levels: CardTitle renders a div by default, so add proper h2 or h3 elements where document structure matters for accessibility and SEO.
- Keep actions in the corner: The CardAction slot positions buttons or menus in the header without breaking the title alignment.
- Let grids do the sizing: Give cards a parent grid with minmax columns rather than fixed widths, so they respond to viewport changes.
- Avoid nesting cards: A card inside a card doubles borders and padding. Use a separator or muted background section instead.
Where it fits in a dashboard
Cards are everywhere in admin interfaces: stat summaries at the top of an overview page, chart containers, settings panels, and list items in a resource grid. They give unrelated content a shared visual rhythm, which is what makes a dashboard feel designed rather than assembled.
The applied variants on this page map to real screens directly. The form card becomes a login or invite dialog body, the search card with an empty state fits command style lookups, and the social profile card works for team member directories and user detail sidebars.
Related components and patterns
Several examples here compose other components. The tabbed variant embeds Tabs, the search example leans on Input and the Empty state, and profile cards pair an Avatar with action Button rows.
When a single card grows into a full section, such as a stats row or a pricing grid, the prebuilt sections in Blocks assemble these patterns at page scale. Complete admin templates built on the same card system are available as Next.js dashboards.
Library support
Card is one of the simplest components in the shadcn/ui catalog because it needs no headless primitive at all. It is a set of styled divs documented in the shadcn/ui Card docs, which means zero JavaScript overhead, server component compatibility by default, and no dependency on Radix UI or Base UI. Interactive elements you place inside a card, such as menus or tabs, bring their own primitives without affecting the card itself.