# Updated: Prismatic Burst

By Steven Van · 2026-10-11

The React Bits background runs up to four times faster and gains spirals, flowing color and finer ray controls, plus cursor and click effects.

Prismatic Burst, the light-ray background in [React Bits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>), [has been updated](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/prismatic-burst>) and now runs up to four times faster with the same look.

## What changed

- Performance: up to four times faster, with the same visual result.

- New options: spirals, flowing color and finer control over the rays.

## Behaviour

The burst now ignites on load, leans toward the cursor and sends a wave of light outward on click.

## Installation

The component is available in JavaScript or TypeScript, with plain CSS or Tailwind. The TypeScript and Tailwind version installs with npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/PrismaticBurst-TS-TW.

![React Bits](<https://reactbits.dev/favicon.ico>)

React Bits

An open-source collection of 200+ animated, interactive React components and micro-interactions.

[View React Bits →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>)

Sources

[Original source](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/prismatic-burst>)

[Read Updated: Prismatic Burst on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-prismatic-burst>)

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Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-prismatic-burst