Brand gradient

Wise gradient

The gradient Wise'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
wise.com
Extracted
Version
4
Verified from the live site at wise.com on 2 September 2026 (version 4).
Wise
black text · worst 5.16:1 · AA
white 1.47 failsblack 5.16 AAbanding medium

Hero and button

Aa

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 (5.60:1) without adjusting L.

white 1.52 failsblack 5.60 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #b3736f 0%, #c0d9b2 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#b3736f] to-[#c0d9b2]
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 −0.08 so white ink gets as close as the ±0.1 bound allows to AA on the surface and both states (worst 4.24:1). Ink is below AA (4.24:1 at the worst point) — use it for large text only, or pick a darker/lighter primary for buttons.

white 4.80 AAblack 3.34 AA largebanding high
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hover
active
label ink below AA — large text only
css
linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #e5002e 0%, #c3001b 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-b/oklch from-[#e5002e] to-[#c3001b]

Variants

Aa
white 2.05 failsblack 2.61 failsbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #ff9994 0%, #f4243b 50%, #a50014 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#ff9994] via-[#f4243b] to-[#a50014]
Aa

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

white 4.05 AA largeblack 5.11 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f4243b 0%, #e92392 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#f4243b] to-[#e92392]
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 3.37 AA largeblack 5.16 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #f4243b 0%, #2098a1 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#f4243b] to-[#2098a1]
Aa

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

white 3.34 AA largeblack 5.16 AAbanding medium
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f4243b 0%, #20a225 100%)
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#f4243b] to-[#20a225]

Report — brand gradient

  • white ink: worst 1.47:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 5.16:1 at 0% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding medium: ~7px bands at 1440px — add grain 14 (≈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 1.47:1, black 5.16:1 AA */
  --brand-gradient: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f4243b 0%, #9fe870 100%);
  /* hero — worst-case contrast: white 1.52:1, black 5.60:1 AA; ink passes AA at the worst point */
  --brand-gradient-hero: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #b3736f 0%, #c0d9b2 100%);
  --brand-gradient-hero-ink: #000000;
  /* button — worst-case contrast: white 4.80:1 AA, black 3.34:1 AA-large */
  --brand-gradient-button: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #e5002e 0%, #c3001b 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-hover: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #f01e38 0%, #d2001f 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-active: linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #da0025 0%, #b40017 100%);
  --brand-gradient-button-ink: #ffffff;
  /* button ink: 4.2:1 — 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="#f4243b"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#f2413f"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#f05542"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#ed6546"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#ea744a"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#e6824d"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#e28e51"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#dd9b55"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#d7a659"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#d1b25d"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#cabd60"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#c1c864"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#b7d368"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#acdd6c"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#9fe870"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg · tokens.json
{
  "gradient": {
    "brand": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.957,
              0.141,
              0.231
            ],
            "hex": "#f4243b"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.624,
              0.91,
              0.439
            ],
            "hex": "#9fe870"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f4243b 0%, #9fe870 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "brand",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 1.474,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 5.162,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "The canonical brand gradient (--brand-gradient)."
    },
    "hero": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.702,
              0.451,
              0.435
            ],
            "hex": "#b3736f"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.753,
              0.851,
              0.698
            ],
            "hex": "#c0d9b2"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #b3736f 0%, #c0d9b2 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklab",
          "angle": 135,
          "name": "hero",
          "ink": "#000000",
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 1.521,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": false
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 5.599,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#000000"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Low-chroma hero background with a text-safe ink (--brand-gradient-hero)."
    },
    "button": {
      "$type": "gradient",
      "$value": [
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.898,
              0,
              0.18
            ],
            "hex": "#e5002e"
          },
          "position": 0
        },
        {
          "color": {
            "colorSpace": "srgb",
            "components": [
              0.765,
              0,
              0.106
            ],
            "hex": "#c3001b"
          },
          "position": 1
        }
      ],
      "$extensions": {
        "com.brandsweets": {
          "kind": "linear",
          "css": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #e5002e 0%, #c3001b 100%)",
          "interpolation": "oklch",
          "hue": "shorter",
          "angle": 180,
          "name": "button",
          "ink": "#ffffff",
          "states": {
            "hover": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #f01e38 0%, #d2001f 100%)",
            "active": "linear-gradient(180deg in oklch shorter hue, #da0025 0%, #b40017 100%)"
          },
          "contrast": {
            "white": {
              "ratio": 4.804,
              "at": 0,
              "passesAA": true,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "black": {
              "ratio": 3.336,
              "at": 1,
              "passesAA": false,
              "passesAALarge": true
            },
            "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
          }
        }
      },
      "$description": "Button / CTA surface with hover and active states (--brand-gradient-button)."
    }
  }
}

Colours

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

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