CSS fade out horizontal rule / line styled div effect without images

Question

I\'m a big fan of minimal use of images and was wondering if anyone had a tactic (or if it\'s possible) to create this kind of thing with pure static CSS?

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Answer 1

hr {
  height: 1px;
  margin: 50px 0;
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 100% 0, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), color-stop(0.5, #333333), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)));
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), #333333, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), #333333, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  background: -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), #333333, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  background: linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), #333333, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  border: 0;
}
hr:after {
  display: block;
  content: '';
  height: 30px;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(radial, 50% 0%, 0, 50% 0%, 116, color-stop(0%, #cccccc), color-stop(100%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)));
  background-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(center top, farthest-side, #cccccc 0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 100%);
  background-image: -moz-radial-gradient(center top, farthest-side, #cccccc 0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 100%);
  background-image: -o-radial-gradient(center top, farthest-side, #cccccc 0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 100%);
  background-image: radial-gradient(farthest-side at center top, #cccccc 0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 100%);
}