# Fx Shader Iridescence

Iridescent liquid chrome background that reacts to the pointer.

- id: `fx-shader-iridescence`
- Page: https://agentic-ui-kit.com/components/fx-shader-iridescence
- Live preview: https://agentic-ui-kit.com/live/component/fx-shader-iridescence?piece=fx-shader-iridescence

## Install

```bash
agentic-ui add fx-shader-iridescence
npx shadcn@4.17.0 add @agentic-ui/fx-shader-iridescence
```

## Metadata

- **Level:** block
- **Category:** effects
- **Installable in:** Radix UI (registry variant new-york), Base UI (registry variant base-vega)
- **Capabilities:** iridescent-surface, liquid-chrome, thin-film-colour, pointer-lighting, normal-from-height-field, webgl-fragment-shader, theme-token-colours, gradient-poster-fallback, reduced-motion-static-frame, offscreen-pause, hidden-tab-pause, context-loss-recovery, dpr-capped, aria-hidden-decorative-layer, light-dark-theming
- **Intents:** communicate
- **Suits domains:** marketing, saas, devtools, ai-workspace, analytics
- **Interaction:** pointer-hover, theme-switch, motion-preference
- **Screen role:** overview
- **Density:** comfortable
- **Dark mode:** yes
- **Use it for:** iridescent liquid chrome background that reacts to the pointer, holographic metallic surface backdrop for a premium pricing card, shiny oil-slick gradient shader for a launch or waitlist hero
- **Avoid when:** Calm, text-heavy pages: the highlights are busy next to long copy, Dense tables, forms or charts where a moving background competes with data, Stacking with another ambient background in the same viewport
- **Preserve when adapting:** aria-hidden-layer, gradient-poster-fallback, static-frame-under-reduced-motion
- **Replace when adapting:** palette-colours, scale-film, veil, container-children
- **Adaptation effort:** low
- **Coupling:** low
- **Quality breakdown:** visual 8/10, responsive 9/10, accessibility 9/10, code 9/10
- **npm dependencies:** @agentic-ui/fx-shader-kit, @agentic-ui/motion, react
- **Motion:** profile expressive, library canvas, reduced-motion fallback yes, target 60 fps
- **Registry dependencies:** fx-shader-kit