diff --git a/.changeset/shy-walls-exercise.md b/.changeset/shy-walls-exercise.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba712642c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-walls-exercise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@swisspost/design-system-documentation': minor
+'@swisspost/design-system-components': minor
+'@swisspost/design-system-styles': minor
+---
+
+Added close button web component.
diff --git a/packages/components/cypress/e2e/closebutton.cy.ts b/packages/components/cypress/e2e/closebutton.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..275adfb50a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/cypress/e2e/closebutton.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const CLOSE_BTN_ID = 'de313349-0c0b-4baf-adc6-cb8c2e36fc1a';
+
+describe('Close button', () => {
+  describe('default', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      cy.getComponent('post-closebutton', CLOSE_BTN_ID);
+    });
+
+    it('should render with a close button and a11y label', () => {
+      cy.get('@closebutton').should('exist');
+      cy.get('@closebutton').find('.btn-icon-close').should('exist');
+      cy.get('@closebutton').find('span.visually-hidden').should('exist');
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Accessibility', () => {
+  it('Has no detectable a11y violations on load for all variants', () => {
+    cy.getSnapshots('post-closebutton');
+    cy.checkA11y('#root-inner');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components.d.ts b/packages/components/src/components.d.ts
index 5fb886f66a..3056034100 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/components.d.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ export namespace Components {
          */
         "value": string;
     }
+    interface PostClosebutton {
+    }
     interface PostCollapsible {
         /**
           * If `true`, the element is collapsed otherwise it is displayed.
@@ -475,6 +477,12 @@ declare global {
         prototype: HTMLPostCardControlElement;
         new (): HTMLPostCardControlElement;
     };
+    interface HTMLPostClosebuttonElement extends Components.PostClosebutton, HTMLStencilElement {
+    }
+    var HTMLPostClosebuttonElement: {
+        prototype: HTMLPostClosebuttonElement;
+        new (): HTMLPostClosebuttonElement;
+    };
     interface HTMLPostCollapsibleElementEventMap {
         "postToggle": boolean;
     }
@@ -631,6 +639,7 @@ declare global {
         "post-avatar": HTMLPostAvatarElement;
         "post-breadcrumb-item": HTMLPostBreadcrumbItemElement;
         "post-card-control": HTMLPostCardControlElement;
+        "post-closebutton": HTMLPostClosebuttonElement;
         "post-collapsible": HTMLPostCollapsibleElement;
         "post-collapsible-trigger": HTMLPostCollapsibleTriggerElement;
         "post-icon": HTMLPostIconElement;
@@ -769,6 +778,8 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
          */
         "value"?: string;
     }
+    interface PostClosebutton {
+    }
     interface PostCollapsible {
         /**
           * If `true`, the element is collapsed otherwise it is displayed.
@@ -973,6 +984,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
         "post-avatar": PostAvatar;
         "post-breadcrumb-item": PostBreadcrumbItem;
         "post-card-control": PostCardControl;
+        "post-closebutton": PostClosebutton;
         "post-collapsible": PostCollapsible;
         "post-collapsible-trigger": PostCollapsibleTrigger;
         "post-icon": PostIcon;
@@ -1003,6 +1015,7 @@ declare module "@stencil/core" {
              * @class PostCardControl - representing a stencil component
              */
             "post-card-control": LocalJSX.PostCardControl & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLPostCardControlElement>;
+            "post-closebutton": LocalJSX.PostClosebutton & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLPostClosebuttonElement>;
             "post-collapsible": LocalJSX.PostCollapsible & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLPostCollapsibleElement>;
             "post-collapsible-trigger": LocalJSX.PostCollapsibleTrigger & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLPostCollapsibleTriggerElement>;
             /**
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/post-closebutton/post-closebutton.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/post-closebutton/post-closebutton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68d13ef51a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/post-closebutton/post-closebutton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Component, Element, h, Host } from '@stencil/core';
+import { version } from '@root/package.json';
+
+/**
+ * @slot default - Slot for placing visually hidden label in the close button.
+ */
+@Component({
+  tag: 'post-closebutton',
+  shadow: false,
+})
+export class PostClosebutton {
+  @Element() host: HTMLPostClosebuttonElement;
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Host data-version={version}>
+        <button class="btn btn-icon-close">
+          <post-icon aria-hidden="true" name="2043"></post-icon>
+          <span class="visually-hidden">
+            <slot></slot>
+          </span>
+        </button>
+      </Host>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/post-closebutton/readme.md b/packages/components/src/components/post-closebutton/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca0053c6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/post-closebutton/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# post-closebutton
+
+
+
+<!-- Auto Generated Below -->
+
+
+## Slots
+
+| Slot        | Description                                                 |
+| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `"default"` | Slot for placing visually hidden label in the close button. |
+
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Depends on
+
+- [post-icon](../post-icon)
+
+### Graph
+```mermaid
+graph TD;
+  post-closebutton --> post-icon
+  style post-closebutton fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
+```
+
+----------------------------------------------
+
+*Built with [StencilJS](https://stenciljs.com/)*
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/post-icon/readme.md b/packages/components/src/components/post-icon/readme.md
index 92d1a4bacb..afb94ab2e7 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/post-icon/readme.md
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/post-icon/readme.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ some content
  - [post-alert](../post-alert)
  - [post-breadcrumb-item](../post-breadcrumb-item)
  - [post-card-control](../post-card-control)
+ - [post-closebutton](../post-closebutton)
  - [post-rating](../post-rating)
  - [post-tag](../post-tag)
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ graph TD;
   post-alert --> post-icon
   post-breadcrumb-item --> post-icon
   post-card-control --> post-icon
+  post-closebutton --> post-icon
   post-rating --> post-icon
   post-tag --> post-icon
   style post-icon fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
diff --git a/packages/components/src/index.ts b/packages/components/src/index.ts
index 2644481576..a2734c8e80 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export { PostAlert } from './components/post-alert/post-alert';
 export { PostBreadcrumbItem } from './components/post-breadcrumb-item/post-breadcrumb-item';
 export { PostAvatar } from './components/post-avatar/post-avatar';
 export { PostCardControl } from './components/post-card-control/post-card-control';
+export { PostClosebutton } from './components/post-closebutton/post-closebutton';
 export { PostCollapsible } from './components/post-collapsible/post-collapsible';
 export { PostCollapsibleTrigger } from './components/post-collapsible-trigger/post-collapsible-trigger';
 export { PostIcon } from './components/post-icon/post-icon';
diff --git a/packages/documentation/cypress/snapshots/components/close-button.snapshot.ts b/packages/documentation/cypress/snapshots/components/close-button.snapshot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82da359c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/documentation/cypress/snapshots/components/close-button.snapshot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+describe('Close button', () => {
+  it('post-closebutton', () => {
+    cy.visit('/iframe.html?id=snapshots--post-closebutton');
+    cy.get('post-closebutton[data-hydrated]', { timeout: 30000 }).should('be.visible');
+    cy.percySnapshot('Close button (Web Component)', { widths: [1440] });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.docs.mdx b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.docs.mdx
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.docs.mdx
rename to packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.docs.mdx
diff --git a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.snapshot.stories.ts b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.snapshot.stories.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.snapshot.stories.ts
rename to packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.snapshot.stories.ts
diff --git a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.stories.ts b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.stories.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.stories.ts
rename to packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.stories.ts
index 1b707a53a3..5e8ba415d2 100644
--- a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/button/button.stories.ts
+++ b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/button/button.stories.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { MetaComponent } from '@root/types';
 
 const meta: MetaComponent = {
   id: 'eb78afcb-ce92-4990-94b6-6536d5ec6af4',
-  title: 'Components/Button',
+  title: 'Components/Buttons/Button',
   tags: ['package:HTML'],
   parameters: {
     badges: [],
diff --git a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.docs.mdx b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.docs.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e3948c7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.docs.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Canvas, Controls, Meta, Source } from '@storybook/blocks';
+import * as CloseButtonStories from './close-button.stories';
+
+<Meta of={CloseButtonStories} />
+
+<div className="docs-title">
+  # Close button
+
+  <nav>
+    <link-design of={JSON.stringify(CloseButtonStories)}></link-design>
+  </nav>
+</div>
+
+<div className="lead">
+  The close button is a web component. It is a slightly adapted version of the icon button, intended
+  for a specific use case.
+</div>
+
+The value inside the `<post-closebutton>` element will be rendered inside the button as a visually hidden text so make sure to only insert inline content there.
+
+<Canvas sourceState="shown" of={CloseButtonStories.Default} />
+<div className="hide-col-default">
+  <Controls of={CloseButtonStories.Default} />
+</div>
diff --git a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.snapshot.stories.ts b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.snapshot.stories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6b21d0b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.snapshot.stories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { Args, StoryContext, StoryObj } from '@storybook/web-components';
+import meta, { Default } from './close-button.stories';
+import { html } from 'lit';
+
+const { id, ...metaWithoutId } = meta;
+
+export default {
+  ...metaWithoutId,
+  title: 'Snapshots',
+};
+
+type Story = StoryObj<HTMLPostClosebuttonElement>;
+
+export const PostClosebutton: Story = {
+  render: (_args: Args, context: StoryContext<HTMLPostClosebuttonElement>) => {
+    return html`
+      ${['bg-white', 'bg-dark'].map(
+        bg => html`
+          <div class="${bg} p-40" data-color-scheme=${bg === 'bg-white' ? 'light' : 'dark'}>
+            ${Default.render?.({ ...context.args }, context)}
+          </div>
+        `,
+      )}
+    `;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.stories.ts b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.stories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b947e99a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/documentation/src/stories/components/buttons/close-button/close-button.stories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type { Args, StoryObj } from '@storybook/web-components';
+import { html } from 'lit/static-html.js';
+import { MetaComponent } from '@root/types';
+import { unsafeHTML } from 'lit/directives/unsafe-html.js';
+
+const meta: MetaComponent = {
+  id: 'de313349-0c0b-4baf-adc6-cb8c2e36fc1a',
+  title: 'Components/Buttons/Close button',
+  component: 'post-closebutton',
+  tags: ['package:WebComponents'],
+  parameters: {
+    badges: [],
+    design: {
+      type: 'figma',
+      url: 'https://www.figma.com/design/JIT5AdGYqv6bDRpfBPV8XR/Foundations-%26-Components-Next-Level?node-id=2514-18516&t=gCGlckfBEobCTna3-4',
+    },
+  },
+  args: {
+    'slots-default': 'Close button',
+  },
+  argTypes: {
+    'slots-default': {
+      name: 'Label',
+      control: {
+        type: 'text',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export default meta;
+
+type Story = StoryObj;
+
+export const Default: Story = {
+  render: (args: Args) => {
+    return html`<post-closebutton>${unsafeHTML(args['slots-default'])}</post-closebutton> `;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/styles/src/components/_index.scss b/packages/styles/src/components/_index.scss
index b75e0b8370..41d7eacdf6 100644
--- a/packages/styles/src/components/_index.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/src/components/_index.scss
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 @use 'forms';
 @use 'grid';
 @use 'icon-button';
+@use 'icon-close-button';
 @use 'icons';
 @use 'lead';
 @use 'list-group';
diff --git a/packages/styles/src/components/icon-close-button.scss b/packages/styles/src/components/icon-close-button.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8eb34d175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/styles/src/components/icon-close-button.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+@use '../functions/tokens';
+@use '../tokens/components';
+@use './../mixins/utilities';
+
+tokens.$default-map: components.$post-close;
+
+.btn-icon-close {
+  padding: 0;
+  border: unset;
+  min-height: unset;
+  min-width: unset;
+  width: tokens.get('close-size');
+  height: tokens.get('close-size');
+  border-radius: tokens.get('close-border-radius');
+  background-color: tokens.get('close-enabled-bg');
+  color: tokens.get('close-enabled-fg');
+
+  > post-icon {
+    width: tokens.get('close-icon-size');
+    height: tokens.get('close-icon-size');
+  }
+
+  @include utilities.not-disabled-hover() {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    background-color: tokens.get('close-hover-bg');
+    color: tokens.get('close-hover-fg');
+  }
+}