Brand gradient

Airtable gradient

The gradient Airtable's published colour tokens imply, derived by a pure function of the palette: primary → secondary in OKLab (OKLCH shorter hue when the hues are more than 140° apart; a tonal ramp when they are within ΔE 0.15), then a hero background with an ink that passes AA at the worst point along the line, a button surface with hover and active states, and the variant contact sheet. Same inputs, same gradients, forever — which is what makes them citable; the same values are served as --brand-gradient in the brand's brand.css.

#254fad #181d26

Open in the maker Airtable colors →Full brand page →

Source: airtable.com
Extracted: 2 September 2026
Version: 4

Airtable

white text · worst 7.50:1 · AA

white 7.50 AAblack 1.24 failsbanding medium

Hero and button

Hero background

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Chroma ×0.35 so it can carry text; ink white (inkFor at the midpoint). Passes AA for that ink at the worst point (7.26:1) without adjusting L.

white 7.26 AAblack 1.24 failsbanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #475776 0%, #1b1d20 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#475776] to-[#1b1d20]

Button / CTA

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ΔL 0.08 top→bottom in the primary's hue (a lit surface, not a rainbow); hover L +0.03, active L −0.03. White ink passes AA on the surface and both states (worst 5.54:1).

white 6.30 AAblack 2.35 failsbanding high

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hover

active

label ink passes AA on all three

css

linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #305bba 0%, #1a43a0 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#305bba] to-[#1a43a0]

Variants

Tonal ramp

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white 3.50 AA largeblack 1.36 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #5786ea 0%, #254fad 50%, #001673 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#5786ea] via-[#254fad] to-[#001673]

Analogous

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Partner hue from the analogous rule at the source colour's lightness.

white 7.11 AAblack 2.79 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #254fad 0%, #305d74 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#254fad] to-[#305d74]

Complementary

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Partner hue from the complementary rule at the source colour's lightness. ΔH 179° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

white 6.63 AAblack 2.80 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #254fad 0%, #67542c 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#254fad] to-[#67542c]

Triadic

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Partner hue from the triadic rule at the source colour's lightness.

white 7.43 AAblack 2.70 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #254fad 0%, #8e3535 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#254fad] to-[#8e3535]

Report — brand gradient

white ink: worst 7.50:1 at 0% (AA); black ink: worst 1.24:1 at 100% (fails AA) → use white text.
Banding medium: ~11px bands at 1440px — add grain 22 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

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The custom properties below are byte-identical to the gradient block in brand.css; the DTCG token is what tokens.json carries.

css custom properties · brand.css

:root {
  /* Brand gradient (derived) */
  /* worst-case contrast: white 7.50:1 AA, black 1.24:1 */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #254fad 0%, #181d26 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 7.26:1 AA, black 1.24:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #475776 0%, #1b1d20 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 6.30:1 AA, black 2.35:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #305bba 0%, #1a43a0 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #3864c4 0%, #224caa 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2852b0 0%, #123a96 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-ink: #ffffff;
}

svg · brand gradient

<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="210" y1="-210" x2="1230" y2="810"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#254fad"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#244ba2"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#244898"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#23448e"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#224184"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#213d7a"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#203a70"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#1f3666"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#1e335c"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#1e2f53"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#1c2c4a"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#1b2840"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#1a2438"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#19212f"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#181d26"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>

dtcg · tokens.json

{
  "gradient": {
    "brand": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.145,
              0.31,
              0.678
            ],
            "hex": "#254fad"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.094,
              0.114,
              0.149
            ],
            "hex": "#181d26"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #254fad 0%, #181d26 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 7.499,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.243,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.278,
              0.341,
              0.463
            ],
            "hex": "#475776"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.106,
              0.114,
              0.125
            ],
            "hex": "#1b1d20"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #475776 0%, #1b1d20 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 7.259,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.243,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.188,
              0.357,
              0.729
            ],
            "hex": "#305bba"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.102,
              0.263,
              0.627
            ],
            "hex": "#1a43a0"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #305bba 0%, #1a43a0 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #3864c4 0%, #224caa 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2852b0 0%, #123a96 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 6.304,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.354,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

#254fad #181d26

mcpConnect your agent — Airtable's gradients on demand

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

›brand_gradients for airtable-com — give me the hero CSS and the ink that passes AA, then a version in oklch

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