Brand gradient

Next.js gradient

The gradient Next.js'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.

#9162c0 #449d5d

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Source: nextjs.org
Extracted: 2 September 2026
Version: 5

Next.js

black text · worst 4.71:1 · AA

white 3.34 AA largeblack 4.71 AAbanding high

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 −0.07 until the ink passes AA at the worst point (4.65:1).

white 4.65 AAblack 3.64 AA largebanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #6e6080 0%, #607b65 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#6e6080] to-[#607b65]

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 −0.08 so white ink passes AA on the surface and both states (worst 4.64:1).

white 5.28 AAblack 2.81 failsbanding high

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hover

active

label ink passes AA on all three

css

linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #8556b3 0%, #6e3e99 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#8556b3] to-[#6e3e99]

Variants

Tonal ramp

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white 2.22 failsblack 2.17 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #c999fc 0%, #9162c0 50%, #5d2c86 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#c999fc] via-[#9162c0] to-[#5d2c86]

Analogous

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

white 4.27 AA largeblack 4.69 AAbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #9162c0 0%, #6975c0 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#9162c0] to-[#6975c0]

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 3.94 AA largeblack 4.71 AAbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #9162c0 0%, #718452 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#9162c0] to-[#718452]

Triadic

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

white 4.22 AA largeblack 4.70 AAbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #9162c0 0%, #987451 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#9162c0] to-[#987451]

Report — brand gradient

white ink: worst 3.34:1 at 84% (AA-large only); black ink: worst 4.71:1 at 0% (AA) → use black text.
Banding high: ~15px bands at 1440px — add grain 30 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
13/64 samples left sRGB by more than 5% and were gamut-mapped (oklch shorter); expect slight hue drift there.

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 3.34:1 AA-large, black 4.71:1 AA */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #9162c0 0%, #449d5d 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 4.65:1 AA, black 3.64:1 AA-large; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #6e6080 0%, #607b65 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 5.28:1 AA, black 2.81:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #8556b3 0%, #6e3e99 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #8e5fbd 0%, #7647a3 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #7c4da9 0%, #653590 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="#9162c0"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#8368c9"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#746fcf"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#6276d2"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#4d7dd2"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#3284d0"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#008aca"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#0090c1"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#0094b4"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#0097a7"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#009b9b"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#009d8d"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#009f7e"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#1e9e6d"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#449d5d"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>

dtcg · tokens.json

{
  "gradient": {
    "brand": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.569,
              0.384,
              0.753
            ],
            "hex": "#9162c0"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.267,
              0.616,
              0.365
            ],
            "hex": "#449d5d"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #9162c0 0%, #449d5d 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 3.34,
              "at": 0.8353,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 4.712,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.431,
              0.376,
              0.502
            ],
            "hex": "#6e6080"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.376,
              0.482,
              0.396
            ],
            "hex": "#607b65"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #6e6080 0%, #607b65 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.648,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 3.64,
              "at": 0.0134,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.522,
              0.337,
              0.702
            ],
            "hex": "#8556b3"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.431,
              0.243,
              0.6
            ],
            "hex": "#6e3e99"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #8556b3 0%, #6e3e99 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #8e5fbd 0%, #7647a3 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #7c4da9 0%, #653590 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 5.277,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.812,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

#9162c0 #449d5d

mcpConnect your agent — Next.js'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 nextjs-org — give me the hero CSS and the ink that passes AA, then a version in oklch

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