Hero242: Cloud Flight Hero

A full-height golden-hour hero over a CloudSky WebGL sky where layers of sunlit cumulus drift past at different depths and the view steers a little with the cursor, with a white serif headline, an intro, a light Arrow Pill and an underline link in the upper sky.

Installation

Swap YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_KEY for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your account page.

Radix flavor

npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r/hero242?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

Base UI flavor

npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r-base/hero242?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

This installs the block to components/beste/block/hero242.tsx plus the cloud-sky background and the button23 and button2 buttons it uses.

Quick start

The installed file exports hero242Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working hero in one line.

import { Hero242, hero242Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/hero242";

export default function Page() {
  return <Hero242 {...hero242Demo} />;
}

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

import { Hero242 } from "@/components/beste/block/hero242";

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Hero242
      eyebrow="Aldenmoor Balloon Flights"
      heading="Rise with the last of the light."
      description="Evening flights for up to 6 guests, lifting off an hour before sunset."
      buttons={[
        { label: "Book an evening flight", href: "https://beste.co" },
        { label: "How a flight works", href: "/flights" },
      ]}
      sky={{
        skyTop: "#5d6f96",
        skyHorizon: "#f3c79a",
        sunColor: "#fff1d6",
        sunX: 0.72,
        sunY: 0.34,
        layers: 4,
      }}
    />
  );
}

Props

type ActionButton = {
  label: string;
  href: string;
};

Behavior notes

• The section background is set inline to sky.skyTop (falling back to #5d6f96), and a gradient of that color mixed at 55% covers the top 60%, so the white copy stays readable over bright clouds.
• The copy sits at the top of the section with pb-40 clear below it, leaving the lower sky open for the clouds. The headline and intro carry a soft text shadow.
• Text is always white, so keep skyTop a mid to dark tone; the surface does not follow the theme.
• Clouds are lit on the side facing the sun at sunX and sunY, with a silver lining on thin edges. The sky pauses offscreen and in hidden tabs.
• With reduced motion the copy appears without rising and the sky draws a still frame. Without WebGL a gradient sky with a sun glow and 2 soft cloud patches stands in.