Brand gradient

CircleCI gradient

The gradient CircleCI'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.

#005700 #00db75

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

CircleCI

black text · worst 2.36:1 · fails

white 1.84 failsblack 2.36 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). L shifted −0.23 until the ink passes AA at the worst point (4.57:1).

white 4.57 AAblack 1.11 failsbanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #041404 0%, #51805d 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#041404] to-[#51805d]

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 6.60:1).

white 7.44 AAblack 2.03 failsbanding high

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hover

active

label ink passes AA on all three

css

linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #146312 0%, #004c00 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#146312] to-[#004c00]

Variants

Tonal ramp

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white 4.15 AA largeblack 1.24 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #438c3f 0%, #005700 50%, #002300 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#438c3f] via-[#005700] to-[#002300]

Analogous

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

white 8.84 AAblack 2.27 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #005700 0%, #484b00 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#005700] to-[#484b00]

Complementary

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Partner hue from the complementary rule at the source colour's lightness. ΔH 180° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

white 8.53 AAblack 2.00 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #005700 0%, #71007f 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#005700] to-[#71007f]

Triadic

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

white 8.78 AAblack 2.12 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #005700 0%, #0037aa 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#005700] to-[#0037aa]

Report — brand gradient

white ink: worst 1.84:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 2.36:1 at 0% (fails AA) → use black text.
Neither ink passes AA at the worst point — treat as decorative or add a scrim (rgba(0,0,0,.35) typically lifts white ink past 4:1).
Banding medium: ~11px bands at 1440px — add grain 23 (≈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 1.84:1, black 2.36:1 */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #005700 0%, #00db75 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 4.57:1 AA, black 1.11:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #041404 0%, #51805d 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 7.44:1 AA, black 2.03:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #146312 0%, #004c00 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #206b1c 0%, #005400 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #055a04 0%, #004300 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="#005700"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#00600b"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#006915"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#00711e"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#007b26"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#00842e"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#008d36"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#00963e"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#00a046"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#00aa4e"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#00b355"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#00bd5d"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#00c765"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#00d16d"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#00db75"/></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,
              0.341,
              0
            ],
            "hex": "#005700"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.859,
              0.459
            ],
            "hex": "#00db75"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #005700 0%, #00db75 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 1.844,
              "at": 0.9994,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.363,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.016,
              0.078,
              0.016
            ],
            "hex": "#041404"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.318,
              0.502,
              0.365
            ],
            "hex": "#51805d"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #041404 0%, #51805d 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.57,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.107,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.078,
              0.388,
              0.071
            ],
            "hex": "#146312"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.298,
              0
            ],
            "hex": "#004c00"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #146312 0%, #004c00 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #206b1c 0%, #005400 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #055a04 0%, #004300 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 7.438,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.034,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

#005700 #00db75

mcpConnect your agent — CircleCI'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 circleci-com — give me the hero CSS and the ink that passes AA, then a version in oklch

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