Brand gradient

Gopro gradient

The gradient Gopro'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
gopro.com
Extracted
Version
3
Verified from the live site at gopro.com on 2 September 2026 (version 3).
Gopro
white text · worst 3.28:1 · AA large
white 3.28 AA largeblack 3.21 AA largebanding high

Hero and button

Aa

Hero background

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Chroma ×0.35 so it can carry text; ink white (inkFor at the midpoint). L shifted −0.08 until the ink passes AA at the worst point (4.62:1).

white 4.62 AAblack 2.27 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #31486b 0%, #58798f 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#31486b] to-[#58798f]
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 4.83:1).

white 5.46 AAblack 2.73 failsbanding high
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hover
active
label ink passes AA on all three
css
linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1566d0 0%, #004db5 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#1566d0] to-[#004db5]

Variants

Aa
white 3.08 AA largeblack 1.54 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #4692ff 0%, #0059c2 50%, #001f86 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#4692ff] via-[#0059c2] to-[#001f86]
Aa

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

white 6.19 AAblack 3.20 AA largebanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0059c2 0%, #006989 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#0059c2] to-[#006989]
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 5.75 AAblack 3.21 AA largebanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #0059c2 0%, #7e5700 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#0059c2] to-[#7e5700]
Aa

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

white 6.50 AAblack 2.95 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0059c2 0%, #b30032 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#0059c2] to-[#b30032]

Report — brand gradient

  • white ink: worst 3.28:1 at 100% (AA-large only); black ink: worst 3.21:1 at 0% (AA-large only) → use white text.
  • Body text fails AA everywhere on this gradient; large text (≥24px / 19px bold) is fine. Add a scrim or lower the chroma for body copy.
  • Banding high: ~23px bands at 1440px — add grain 44 (≈3% 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 3.28:1 AA-large, black 3.21:1 AA-large */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0059c2 0%, #0097d6 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 4.62:1 AA, black 2.27:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #31486b 0%, #58798f 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 5.46:1 AA, black 2.73:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1566d0 0%, #004db5 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #216fda 0%, #0056bf 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #055cc5 0%, #0043ab 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="#0059c2"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#005ec3"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#0062c5"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#0067c7"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#006bc8"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#0070c9"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#0074cb"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#0079cc"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#007dce"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#0081cf"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#0086d1"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#008ad2"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#008ed3"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#0093d5"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#0097d6"/></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,
              0.349,
              0.761
            ],
            "hex": "#0059c2"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.592,
              0.839
            ],
            "hex": "#0097d6"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0059c2 0%, #0097d6 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 3.282,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 3.208,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.192,
              0.282,
              0.42
            ],
            "hex": "#31486b"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.345,
              0.475,
              0.561
            ],
            "hex": "#58798f"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #31486b 0%, #58798f 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.619,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.27,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.082,
              0.4,
              0.816
            ],
            "hex": "#1566d0"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.302,
              0.71
            ],
            "hex": "#004db5"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1566d0 0%, #004db5 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #216fda 0%, #0056bf 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #055cc5 0%, #0043ab 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 5.464,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.729,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

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

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Gopro and its marks belong to their owner. This page uses the name nominatively to describe gradients derived from the brand's published colour values; it does not reproduce logos or other brand assets, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Gopro. Owner of this brand? Request a correction or removal → Machine-readable: gradients.md