Brand gradient

AT&T gradient

The gradient AT&T'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.

Source
att.com
Extracted
Version
4
Verified from the live site at att.com on 2 September 2026 (version 4).
AT&T
white text · worst 5.18:1 · AA
white 5.18 AAblack 1.32 failsbanding medium

Hero and button

Aa

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 (5.18:1) without adjusting L.

white 5.18 AAblack 1.33 failsbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #202325 0%, #567085 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#202325] to-[#567085]
Aa

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 12.57:1).

white 13.91 AAblack 1.20 failsbanding high
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hover
active
label ink passes AA on all three
css
linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #272d33 0%, #141a1f 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#272d33] to-[#141a1f]

Variants

Aa
white 8.02 AAblack 1.01 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #4b5158 0%, #1d2329 50%, #000103 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#4b5158] via-[#1d2329] to-[#000103]
Aa

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

white 15.85 AAblack 1.32 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1d2329 0%, #1d2325 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#1d2329] to-[#1d2325]
Aa

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 15.82 AAblack 1.31 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #1d2329 0%, #26211c 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#1d2329] to-[#26211c]
Aa

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

white 15.80 AAblack 1.30 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1d2329 0%, #2b1e20 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#1d2329] to-[#2b1e20]

Report — brand gradient

  • white ink: worst 5.18:1 at 100% (AA); black ink: worst 1.32:1 at 0% (fails AA) → use white text.
  • Banding medium: ~11px bands at 1440px — add grain 22 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

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 5.18:1 AA, black 1.32:1 */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1d2329 0%, #0072b2 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 5.18:1 AA, black 1.33:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #202325 0%, #567085 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 13.91:1 AA, black 1.20:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #272d33 0%, #141a1f 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2e343b 0%, #1b2127 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1f252b 0%, #0d1318 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="#1d2329"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#1e2832"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#1f2e3b"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#203344"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#20394d"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#203e56"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#1f4460"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#1f496a"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#1e4f74"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#1c557e"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#1a5a88"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#166092"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#12669d"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#0a6ca7"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#0072b2"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg · tokens.json
{
  "gradient": {
    "brand": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.114,
              0.137,
              0.161
            ],
            "hex": "#1d2329"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.447,
              0.698
            ],
            "hex": "#0072b2"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1d2329 0%, #0072b2 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 5.185,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.325,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.125,
              0.137,
              0.145
            ],
            "hex": "#202325"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.337,
              0.439,
              0.522
            ],
            "hex": "#567085"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #202325 0%, #567085 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 5.183,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.329,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.153,
              0.176,
              0.2
            ],
            "hex": "#272d33"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.078,
              0.102,
              0.122
            ],
            "hex": "#141a1f"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #272d33 0%, #141a1f 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2e343b 0%, #1b2127 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1f252b 0%, #0d1318 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 13.913,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.197,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

mcpConnect your agent — AT&T'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
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brand_gradients for att-com — give me the hero CSS and the ink that passes AA, then a version in oklch

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