Brand gradient

Grafana Labs gradient

The gradient Grafana Labs'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.

#1b55f5 #ff671d

Open in the maker Grafana Labs colors →Full brand page →

Source: grafana.com
Extracted: 2 September 2026
Version: 6

Grafana Labs

black text · worst 3.67:1 · AA large

white 2.91 failsblack 3.67 AA largebanding 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 −0.13 until the ink passes AA at the worst point (4.58:1).

white 4.58 AAblack 2.17 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #2b4376 0%, #9d6955 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#2b4376] to-[#9d6955]

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. L shifted −0.01 so white ink passes AA on the surface and both states (worst 4.55:1).

white 5.01 AAblack 2.93 failsbanding high

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hover

active

label ink passes AA on all three

css

linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2360ff 0%, #0d43e3 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#2360ff] to-[#0d43e3]

Variants

Tonal ramp

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white 2.72 failsblack 1.68 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #689bff 0%, #1b55f5 50%, #0100b6 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#689bff] via-[#1b55f5] to-[#0100b6]

Analogous

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

white 5.20 AAblack 3.65 AA largebanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1b55f5 0%, #18749d 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#1b55f5] to-[#18749d]

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 5.39 AAblack 3.50 AA largebanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #1b55f5 0%, #866515 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#1b55f5] to-[#866515]

Triadic

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

white 5.59 AAblack 3.53 AA largebanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1b55f5 0%, #c41c2b 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#1b55f5] to-[#c41c2b]

Report — brand gradient

white ink: worst 2.91:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 3.67:1 at 0% (AA-large only) → use black 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 medium: ~6px bands at 1440px — add grain 11 (≈1% 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 2.91:1, black 3.67:1 AA-large */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1b55f5 0%, #ff671d 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 4.58:1 AA, black 2.17:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #2b4376 0%, #9d6955 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 5.01:1 AA, black 2.93:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2360ff 0%, #0d43e3 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2c6aff 0%, #154eee 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1b55f5 0%, #0537d9 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="#1b55f5"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#355dea"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#4963df"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#5b69d4"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#6b6dc8"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#7b70bd"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#8a72b1"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#9974a4"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#a87597"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#b7758a"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#c5747b"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#d4726b"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#e26f59"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#f16c42"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#ff671d"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>

dtcg · tokens.json

{
  "gradient": {
    "brand": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.106,
              0.333,
              0.961
            ],
            "hex": "#1b55f5"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              1,
              0.404,
              0.114
            ],
            "hex": "#ff671d"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #1b55f5 0%, #ff671d 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 2.913,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 3.665,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.169,
              0.263,
              0.463
            ],
            "hex": "#2b4376"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.616,
              0.412,
              0.333
            ],
            "hex": "#9d6955"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #2b4376 0%, #9d6955 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.58,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.167,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.137,
              0.376,
              1
            ],
            "hex": "#2360ff"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.051,
              0.263,
              0.89
            ],
            "hex": "#0d43e3"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2360ff 0%, #0d43e3 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2c6aff 0%, #154eee 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #1b55f5 0%, #0537d9 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 5.014,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.929,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

#1b55f5 #ff671d

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

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