Card Glow Effects On Hover Using HTML and CSS

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HTML Code For Card Glow Effects on Hover

<div class="features">
    <div class="feature">
        <a href="#" class="feature-content">
            <strong>Some feature</strong>
            <span>Description of the awesome feature</span>
        </a>
    </div>
    <div class="feature">
        <a href="#" class="feature-content">
            <strong>Some feature</strong>
            <span>Description of the awesome feature</span>
        </a>
    </div>
    <div class="feature">
        <a href="#" class="feature-content">
            <strong>Some feature</strong>
            <span>Description of the awesome feature</span>
        </a>
    </div>
    <div class="feature">
        <a href="#" class="feature-content">
            <strong>Some feature</strong>
            <span>Description of the awesome feature</span>
        </a>
    </div>
    <div class="feature">
        <a href="#" class="feature-content">
            <strong>Some feature</strong>
            <span>Description of the awesome feature</span>
        </a>
    </div>
    <div class="feature">
        <a href="#" class="feature-content">
            <strong>Some feature</strong>
            <span>Description of the awesome feature</span>
        </a>
    </div>
</div>

CSS Code For Card Glow Effects on Hover

html,
body {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    background: #060606;
}

body {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
}

*,
*:before,
*:after {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    position: relative;
}

.features {
    width: 75vw;
    height: 50vh;
    display: grid;
    grid-column-gap: 0.3rem;
    grid-row-gap: 0.3rem;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    grid-template-rows: repeat(2, 1fr);
}

.feature {
    --x-px: calc(var(--x) * 1px);
    --y-px: calc(var(--y) * 1px);
    --border: 2px;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.125);
    border-radius: 0.5rem;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.feature:before,
.feature:after {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    inset: 0px;
    border-radius: inherit;
    background: radial-gradient(800px circle at var(--x-px) var(--y-px), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3), transparent 40%);
}

.feature:before {
    z-index: 1;
}

.feature:after {
    opacity: 0;
    z-index: 2;
    transition: opacity 0.4s ease;
}

.feature:hover:after {
    opacity: 1;
}

.feature-content {
    background: #131315;
    border-radius: inherit;
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
    z-index: 1;
    position: absolute;
    inset: var(--border);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr;
    grid-row-gap: 0.5rem;
    padding: 0 1rem 0 2rem;
}

.feature-content>strong {
    align-self: self-end;
    font-size: 125%;
}

.feature-content>span {
    opacity: 0.7;
}

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JavaScript Code For Card Glow Effects on Hover

console.clear();
const featuresEl=document.querySelector(".features");
const featureEls=document.querySelectorAll(".feature");

featuresEl.addEventListener("pointermove", (ev)=> {
        featureEls.forEach((featureEl)=> {
                // Not optimized yet, I know 
                const rect=featureEl.getBoundingClientRect(); featureEl.style.setProperty("--x", ev.clientX - rect.left); featureEl.style.setProperty("--y", ev.clientY - rect.top);
            }

        );
    }

);

Final Output Of Card Glow Effects on Hover