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Arielle's Smile

Arielle's Smile is a blue gradient from WebGradients (MIT) — #16d9e3 → #30c7ec → #46aef7 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.

#16d9e3#30c7ec#46aef7
Open in the makerOriginal sRGB in the maker
Aa — the quick brown fox
black text · worst 8.66:1 · AA
white 1.74 failsblack 8.66 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.

sRGB93%
OKLab93%
OKLCH93%

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.74:1 at 1% (fails AA); black ink: worst 8.66:1 at 100% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~31px bands at 1440px — add grain 50 (≈3% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, #16d9e3 0%, #19d8e4 3.36%, #1bd6e4 6.71%, #1ed5e5 10.07%, #20d4e6 13.43%, #22d3e6 16.79%, #24d1e7 20.14%, #26d0e8 23.5%, #27cfe8 26.86%, #29cde9 30.21%, #2accea 33.57%, #2ccbea 36.93%, #2dcaeb 40.29%, #2fc8eb 43.64%, #30c7ec 47%, #32c5ed 50.79%, #34c4ee 54.57%, #36c2ee 58.36%, #38c0ef 62.14%, #39bef0 65.93%, #3bbcf1 69.71%, #3cbbf2 73.5%, #3eb9f2 77.29%, #3fb7f3 81.07%, #41b5f4 84.86%, #42b3f5 88.64%, #44b2f6 92.43%, #45b0f6 96.21%, #46aef7 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #16d9e3 0%, #30c7ec 47%, #46aef7 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#16d9e3] via-[#30c7ec] via-47% to-[#46aef7]
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="#16d9e3"/><stop offset="3.36%" stop-color="#19d8e4"/><stop offset="6.71%" stop-color="#1bd6e4"/><stop offset="10.07%" stop-color="#1ed5e5"/><stop offset="13.43%" stop-color="#20d4e6"/><stop offset="16.79%" stop-color="#22d3e6"/><stop offset="20.14%" stop-color="#24d1e7"/><stop offset="23.5%" stop-color="#26d0e8"/><stop offset="26.86%" stop-color="#27cfe8"/><stop offset="30.21%" stop-color="#29cde9"/><stop offset="33.57%" stop-color="#2accea"/><stop offset="36.93%" stop-color="#2ccbea"/><stop offset="40.29%" stop-color="#2dcaeb"/><stop offset="43.64%" stop-color="#2fc8eb"/><stop offset="47%" stop-color="#30c7ec"/><stop offset="50.79%" stop-color="#32c5ed"/><stop offset="54.57%" stop-color="#34c4ee"/><stop offset="58.36%" stop-color="#36c2ee"/><stop offset="62.14%" stop-color="#38c0ef"/><stop offset="65.93%" stop-color="#39bef0"/><stop offset="69.71%" stop-color="#3bbcf1"/><stop offset="73.5%" stop-color="#3cbbf2"/><stop offset="77.29%" stop-color="#3eb9f2"/><stop offset="81.07%" stop-color="#3fb7f3"/><stop offset="84.86%" stop-color="#41b5f4"/><stop offset="88.64%" stop-color="#42b3f5"/><stop offset="92.43%" stop-color="#44b2f6"/><stop offset="96.21%" stop-color="#45b0f6"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#46aef7"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "arielle-s-smile": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.086,
            0.851,
            0.89
          ],
          "hex": "#16d9e3"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.188,
            0.78,
            0.925
          ],
          "hex": "#30c7ec"
        },
        "position": 0.47
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.275,
            0.682,
            0.969
          ],
          "hex": "#46aef7"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #16d9e3 0%, #30c7ec 47%, #46aef7 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 0,
        "name": "Arielle's Smile",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.74,
            "at": 0.0132,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 8.658,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Arielle's Smile (WebGradients, MIT), rendered in OKLab."
  }
}

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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 Arielle's Smile gradient (#16d9e3, #30c7ec, #46aef7), re-interpolate it in oklch, and tell me the worst-case contrast for white text

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