<div class="hex-gallery">
  
  <div class="hex-row">
    <div class="hex-card">
      <img src="https://placehold.co/300x300/3b82f6/ffffff?text=Nature" alt="Image">
      <div class="hex-overlay">Nature</div>
    </div>
    <div class="hex-card">
      <img src="https://placehold.co/300x300/ec4899/ffffff?text=Urban" alt="Image">
      <div class="hex-overlay">Urban</div>
    </div>
    <div class="hex-card">
      <img src="https://placehold.co/300x300/10b981/ffffff?text=Tech" alt="Image">
      <div class="hex-overlay">Tech</div>
    </div>
  </div>
  
  <div class="hex-row offset-row">
    <div class="hex-card">
      <img src="https://placehold.co/300x300/f59e0b/ffffff?text=Space" alt="Image">
      <div class="hex-overlay">Space</div>
    </div>
    <div class="hex-card">
      <img src="https://placehold.co/300x300/8b5cf6/ffffff?text=Ocean" alt="Image">
      <div class="hex-overlay">Ocean</div>
    </div>
  </div>
  
</div>

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

body {
  font-family: system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
  margin: 0;
  background: #111827;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 100vh;
  padding: 40px 20px;
}

.hex-gallery {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.hex-row {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 12px;
  /* Pull rows together to interlock the hexagons */
  margin-bottom: -56px;
}

.offset-row {
  /* No offset needed horizontally because flex center aligns it perfectly */
}

.hex-card {
  position: relative;
  width: 200px;
  height: 230px;
  /* Perfect hexagon shape */
  clip-path: polygon(50% 0%, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0% 75%, 0% 25%);
  background: #1e293b;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}

.hex-card:hover {
  transform: scale(1.05);
  z-index: 10;
}

.hex-card img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
}

.hex-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.8);
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.hex-card:hover .hex-overlay {
  opacity: 1;
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .hex-card {
    width: 140px;
    height: 161px;
  }
  .hex-row {
    gap: 8px;
    margin-bottom: -40px;
  }
  .hex-overlay {
    font-size: 1.125rem;
  }
}

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Futuristic Hexagonal Grid Gallery CSS

Show off images with a futuristic hexagonal grid gallery. We used advanced CSS clip-path masking to tightly interlock the cards, so it completely eliminates boring squares.

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#css

#hexagon

#honeycomb

#grid

#gallery

#clip-path

#images

#modern layout

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

body {
  font-family: system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
  margin: 0;
  background: #111827;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 100vh;
  padding: 40px 20px;
}

.hex-gallery {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.hex-row {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 12px;
  /* Pull rows together to interlock the hexagons */
  margin-bottom: -56px;
}

.offset-row {
  /* No offset needed horizontally because flex center aligns it perfectly */
}

.hex-card {
  position: relative;
  width: 200px;
  height: 230px;
  /* Perfect hexagon shape */
  clip-path: polygon(50% 0%, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0% 75%, 0% 25%);
  background: #1e293b;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}

.hex-card:hover {
  transform: scale(1.05);
  z-index: 10;
}

.hex-card img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
}

.hex-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.8);
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.hex-card:hover .hex-overlay {
  opacity: 1;
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .hex-card {
    width: 140px;
    height: 161px;
  }
  .hex-row {
    gap: 8px;
    margin-bottom: -40px;
  }
  .hex-overlay {
    font-size: 1.125rem;
  }
}