Code it yourself
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a layout and style coding language for websites that allows you to code things for yourself. You can place an image in the background and then set the foreground to scroll. That way, the result will feel like the foreground layer is closer than the other. Simple CSS parallax website code might look like this:
.parallax {
background-image: url('background.jpg');
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
}
There are JavaScript options to use to create the parallax effect, too, from simple to more complex, that you can use to manage more complex parallax scrolling effects, along with animation libraries you can incorporate. These can help control things like mapping scroll position or transforming an object’s opacity, scale, or even rotation.
Build visually in Framer
Framer’s built-in tools let you create a parallax effect directly on the canvas of your website without having to code. Each layer—including headlines, images, or background panels—can move at a different pace. You can even connect user scroll behavior to visual transformations, like fading images, shrinking logos, or tilting icons. You can do all of this while working visually rather than in code, letting you focus on how the motion feels rather than the specific code syntax to make it happen.