Brand gradient

Warp gradient

The gradient Warp'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
warp.dev
Extracted
Version
3
Verified from the live site at warp.dev on 2 September 2026 (version 3).
Warp
black text · worst 2.73:1 · fails
white 2.07 failsblack 2.73 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 −0.21 until the ink passes AA at the worst point (4.64:1).

white 4.64 AAblack 1.31 failsbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #517a8e 0%, #131958 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#517a8e] to-[#131958]
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. Black ink passes AA on the surface and both states (worst 7.98:1).

white 1.83 failsblack 8.88 AAbanding high
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hover
active
label ink passes AA on all three
css
linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2bcfff 0%, #00b5f1 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#2bcfff] to-[#00b5f1]

Variants

Aa
white 1.19 failsblack 5.26 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #c3f4ff 0%, #00c2ff 50%, #0088bd 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#c3f4ff] via-[#00c2ff] to-[#0088bd]
Aa

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

white 2.02 failsblack 10.13 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #00c2ff 0%, #00cad2 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#00c2ff] to-[#00cad2]
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 1.94 failsblack 9.40 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #00c2ff 0%, #ff914d 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#00c2ff] to-[#ff914d]
Aa

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

white 2.06 failsblack 9.11 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #00c2ff 0%, #ff80c1 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#00c2ff] to-[#ff80c1]

Report — brand gradient

  • white ink: worst 2.07:1 at 0% (fails AA); black ink: worst 2.73:1 at 100% (fails AA) → use black text.
  • Neither ink passes AA at the worst point — treat as decorative or add a scrim (rgba(0,0,0,.35) typically lifts white ink past 4:1).
  • Banding medium: ~9px bands at 1440px — add grain 18 (≈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 2.07:1, black 2.73:1 */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #00c2ff 0%, #2a1eff 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 4.64:1 AA, black 1.31:1; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #517a8e 0%, #131958 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 1.83:1, black 8.88:1 AA */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2bcfff 0%, #00b5f1 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #5dd7ff 0%, #00bffc 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #11c5ff 0%, #00abe7 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-ink: #000000;
}
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="#00c2ff"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#00b9ff"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#00b0ff"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#00a7ff"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#009eff"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#0095ff"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#008bff"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#0081ff"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#0077ff"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#076cff"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#1161ff"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#1954ff"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#1f46ff"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#2536ff"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#2a1eff"/></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,
              0.761,
              1
            ],
            "hex": "#00c2ff"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.165,
              0.118,
              1
            ],
            "hex": "#2a1eff"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #00c2ff 0%, #2a1eff 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 2.067,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 2.728,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.318,
              0.478,
              0.557
            ],
            "hex": "#517a8e"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.075,
              0.098,
              0.345
            ],
            "hex": "#131958"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #517a8e 0%, #131958 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.642,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 1.308,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.169,
              0.812,
              1
            ],
            "hex": "#2bcfff"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0,
              0.71,
              0.945
            ],
            "hex": "#00b5f1"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #2bcfff 0%, #00b5f1 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#000000",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #5dd7ff 0%, #00bffc 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #11c5ff 0%, #00abe7 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 1.831,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 8.88,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

mcpConnect your agent — Warp'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 warp-dev — give me the hero CSS and the ink that passes AA, then a version in oklch

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