Brand gradient

Olympics gradient

The gradient Olympics'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.

#0081c8 #fcb131 #00a651

Open in the maker Olympics colors →Full brand page →sports

Source: olympics.com
Extracted: 2 September 2026
Version: 3

Olympics

black text · worst 4.97:1 · AA

white 1.83 failsblack 4.97 AAbanding medium

Hero and button

Hero background

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Chroma ×0.35 so it can carry text; ink black (inkFor at the midpoint). Passes AA for that ink at the worst point (4.93:1) without adjusting L.

white 1.80 failsblack 4.93 AAbanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #617e96 0%, #d7bd9b 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#617e96] to-[#d7bd9b]

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 −0.10 so white ink passes AA on the surface and both states (worst 4.74:1).

white 5.34 AAblack 2.82 failsbanding high

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hover

active

label ink passes AA on all three

css

linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #006fb4 0%, #005798 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#006fb4] to-[#005798]

Variants

Tonal ramp

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white 2.13 failsblack 2.36 failsbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #55baff 0%, #0081c8 50%, #004b87 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#55baff] via-[#0081c8] to-[#004b87]

Analogous

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

white 4.07 AA largeblack 4.96 AAbanding high

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0081c8 0%, #008a9f 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#0081c8] to-[#008a9f]

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 3.84 AA largeblack 4.76 AAbanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #0081c8 0%, #af6700 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#0081c8] to-[#af6700]

Triadic

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

white 4.21 AA largeblack 4.30 AA largebanding medium

css

linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0081c8 0%, #de006b 100%)

tailwind v4

bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#0081c8] to-[#de006b]

Report — brand gradient

white ink: worst 1.83:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 4.97:1 at 0% (AA) → use black text.
Banding medium: ~6px bands at 1440px — add grain 9 (≈1% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
19/64 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 1.83:1, black 4.97:1 AA */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #0081c8 0%, #fcb131 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 1.80:1, black 4.93:1 AA; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #617e96 0%, #d7bd9b 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #000000;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 5.34:1 AA, black 2.82:1 */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #006fb4 0%, #005798 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0078be 0%, #0060a4 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0066aa 0%, #004e8b 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="#0081c8"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#008cc5"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#0095bb"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#009eb1"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#00a6a7"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#00ae9c"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#00b58d"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#24b97b"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#57bb69"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#7bbc55"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#9abc41"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#b6ba2d"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#d0b81e"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#e7b51f"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#fcb131"/></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,
              0.506,
              0.784
            ],
            "hex": "#0081c8"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.988,
              0.694,
              0.192
            ],
            "hex": "#fcb131"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #0081c8 0%, #fcb131 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 1.83,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 4.974,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.38,
              0.494,
              0.588
            ],
            "hex": "#617e96"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.843,
              0.741,
              0.608
            ],
            "hex": "#d7bd9b"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #617e96 0%, #d7bd9b 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#000000",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 1.804,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 4.933,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.435,
              0.706
            ],
            "hex": "#006fb4"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.341,
              0.596
            ],
            "hex": "#005798"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #006fb4 0%, #005798 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0078be 0%, #0060a4 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0066aa 0%, #004e8b 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 5.34,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.817,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

#0081c8 #fcb131 #00a651

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

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Olympics 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 Olympics. Owner of this brand? Request a correction or removal → Machine-readable: gradients.md