Brand gradient

Unity gradient

The gradient Unity'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
unity.com
Extracted
Version
3
Verified from the live site at unity.com on 2 September 2026 (version 3).
Unity
white text · worst 3.20:1 · AA large
white 3.20 AA largeblack 2.44 failsbanding medium

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 −0.09 until the ink passes AA at the worst point (4.54:1).

white 4.54 AAblack 1.88 failsbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #57799d 0%, #1b3877 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#57799d] to-[#1b3877]
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. L shifted −0.10 so white ink gets as close as the ±0.1 bound allows to AA on the surface and both states (worst 3.60:1). Ink is below AA (3.60:1 at the worst point) — use it for large text only, or pick a darker/lighter primary for buttons.

white 4.02 AA largeblack 3.75 AA largebanding high
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hover
active
label ink below AA — large text only
css
linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #007fea 0%, #0065ce 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#007fea] to-[#0065ce]

Variants

Aa
white 1.68 failsblack 3.18 AA largebanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #94ceff 0%, #0892ff 50%, #005abb 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#94ceff] via-[#0892ff] to-[#005abb]
Aa

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

white 3.07 AA largeblack 6.54 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0892ff 0%, #00a0c4 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#0892ff] to-[#00a0c4]
Aa

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 3.20 AA largeblack 6.04 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #0892ff 0%, #c57f00 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#0892ff] to-[#c57f00]
Aa

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

white 3.18 AA largeblack 5.83 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0892ff 0%, #ff2e6a 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#0892ff] to-[#ff2e6a]

Report — brand gradient

  • white ink: worst 3.20:1 at 0% (AA-large only); black ink: worst 2.44:1 at 100% (fails AA) → 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 medium: ~10px bands at 1440px — add grain 20 (≈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 3.20:1 AA-large, black 2.44:1 */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0892ff 0%, #0000ff 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 4.54:1 AA, black 1.88:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #57799d 0%, #1b3877 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 4.02:1 AA-large, black 3.75:1 AA-large */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #007fea 0%, #0065ce 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0088f4 0%, #006fd9 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0075e0 0%, #005dbf 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button ink: 3.6:1 — below AA */
}
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="#0892ff"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#008cff"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#0085ff"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#007fff"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#0078ff"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#0071ff"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#006aff"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#0062ff"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#005aff"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#0052ff"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#0048ff"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#003eff"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#0031ff"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#0021ff"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#0000ff"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg · tokens.json
{
  "gradient": {
    "brand": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.031,
              0.573,
              1
            ],
            "hex": "#0892ff"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0,
              1
            ],
            "hex": "#0000ff"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #0892ff 0%, #0000ff 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 3.198,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.444,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.341,
              0.475,
              0.616
            ],
            "hex": "#57799d"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.106,
              0.22,
              0.467
            ],
            "hex": "#1b3877"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #57799d 0%, #1b3877 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.539,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.879,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.498,
              0.918
            ],
            "hex": "#007fea"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.396,
              0.808
            ],
            "hex": "#0065ce"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #007fea 0%, #0065ce 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0088f4 0%, #006fd9 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #0075e0 0%, #005dbf 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.02,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 3.753,
              "at": 0.9841,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

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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 unity-com — give me the hero CSS and the ink that passes AA, then a version in oklch

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