Named gradient · WebGradients

Above Clouds

Above Clouds is a neutral gradient from WebGradients (MIT) — #bdbbbe → #9d9ea3 at 0°. Shown here interpolated in OKLab, next to the original sRGB, with the worst-case contrast for white and black text and every export.

#bdbbbe #9d9ea3

Open in the maker Original sRGB in the maker

Aa — the quick brown fox

black text · worst 7.85:1 · AA

white 1.91 failsblack 7.85 AAbanding high

Same stops, three spaces

The source renders this in sRGB. The number is how much chroma survives at the dullest point along the line — the difference between the first bar and the others is the grey that OKLab removes.

sRGB70%

OKLab70%

OKLCH72%

Report

white ink: worst 1.91:1 at 0% (fails AA); black ink: worst 7.85:1 at 98% (AA) → use black text.
Banding high: ~45px bands at 1440px — add grain 50 (≈3% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css

.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, #bdbbbe 0%, #bbb9bc 7.14%, #b8b7ba 14.29%, #b6b5b8 21.43%, #b4b3b6 28.57%, #b1b1b4 35.71%, #afaeb2 42.86%, #adacb0 50%, #abaaae 57.14%, #a8a8ad 64.29%, #a6a6ab 71.43%, #a4a4a9 78.57%, #a2a2a7 85.71%, #9fa0a5 92.86%, #9d9ea3 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #bdbbbe 0%, #9d9ea3 100%);
}

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#bdbbbe] to-[#9d9ea3]

svg

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1440" height="600" viewBox="0 0 1440 600"><defs><linearGradient id="bs-gradient" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x1="720" y1="600" x2="720" y2="0"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#bdbbbe"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#bbb9bc"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#b8b7ba"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#b6b5b8"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#b4b3b6"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#b1b1b4"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#afaeb2"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#adacb0"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#abaaae"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#a8a8ad"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#a6a6ab"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#a4a4a9"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#a2a2a7"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#9fa0a5"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#9d9ea3"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>

dtcg

{
  "above-clouds": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.741,
            0.733,
            0.745
          ],
          "hex": "#bdbbbe"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.616,
            0.62,
            0.639
          ],
          "hex": "#9d9ea3"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #bdbbbe 0%, #9d9ea3 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 0,
        "name": "Above Clouds",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.906,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 7.853,
            "at": 0.9841,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Above Clouds (WebGradients, MIT), rendered in OKLab."
  }
}

Tagged

white 1.61 failsblack 13.06 AA

Open in maker →

mcpConnect your agent to the gradient engine

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared gradients endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — make_gradient returns CSS with the interpolation space, Tailwind v4, SVG, a PNG URL, a DTCG token and the contrast report in one call; brand_gradients derives the whole contact sheet from a brand or a palette. Read-only, no key. Every gradient is a /gradients/new/… link: open it, refine, paste it back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-gradients https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp

try this prompt

›take the Above Clouds gradient (#bdbbbe, #9d9ea3), re-interpolate it in oklch, and tell me the worst-case contrast for white text

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