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Cadet Blue to Rose Gold gradient

Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0) into Rose Gold (#b76e79) — 172° apart on the OKLCH hue wheel. Below: the same two stops interpolated in OKLab and in OKLCH, side by side, because the difference is real and most generators never let you see it; then an eased version and a mesh, each with the worst-case contrast for white and black text. The engine's own pick for this pair is oklch: ΔH 172° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

Cadet Blue → Rose Gold
black text · worst 5.51:1 · AA
white 3.05 AA largeblack 5.51 AAbanding high

OKLab and OKLCH, side by side

Aa

A straight line through the a/b plane: the two hues meet halfway and desaturate a little at the midpoint. The safe default — it is what CSS and Tailwind default to.

white 3.04 AA largeblack 5.52 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #5f9ea0 0%, #b76e79 100%)
Aa

OKLCH (shorter hue)

Open in maker →

Chroma and hue interpolate separately, so the midpoint keeps its saturation and the hue travels the short way round the wheel — richer, and it can pass through hues neither colour has.

white 3.05 AA largeblack 5.51 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #5f9ea0 0%, #b76e79 100%)

And the sRGB line most tools draw, for comparison — the number is the chroma that survives at the dullest point.

sRGB11%
OKLab6%
OKLCH82%

Eased and mesh

Aa

Eased (soft)

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A cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .6, 1) mix ratio baked into 15 stops: the transition lingers on each colour and moves faster through the middle, which is what makes a gradient read as designed rather than default.

white 3.05 AA largeblack 5.51 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #5f9ea0 0%, #5e9ea2 8.28%, #5d9da6 16.03%, #5e9bac 23.35%, #6297b3 30.32%, #6b92b9 37.03%, #778cbc 43.56%, #8686bb 50%, #947fb4 56.44%, #a179aa 62.97%, #ab749d 69.68%, #b1718f 76.65%, #b56f84 83.97%, #b76e7c 91.72%, #b76e79 100%)
Aa

Both colours as stacked radials over a base, laid out by a seeded Poisson-disc sampler — the same seed gives the same mesh forever. Exports as CSS, SVG and PNG.

white 3.41 AA largeblack 5.65 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #94888d;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 20.55% 17.2%, rgba(183, 110, 121, 0.703) 0%, rgba(183, 110, 121, 0) 58.7%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 7.99% 53.36%, rgba(95, 158, 160, 0.844) 0%, rgba(95, 158, 160, 0) 46.05%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 20.55% 17.2%, oklch(from #b76e79 l c h / 0.7025) 0%, rgb(from #b76e79 r g b / 0) 58.7%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 7.99% 53.36%, oklch(from #5f9ea0 l c h / 0.8438) 0%, rgb(from #5f9ea0 r g b / 0) 46.05%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 3.05:1 at 2% (AA-large only); black ink: worst 5.51:1 at 98% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~16px bands at 1440px — add grain 34 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f9ea0 0%, #5d9ca8 7.14%, #5e9aaf 14.29%, #6396b5 21.43%, #6a93b9 28.57%, #738fbc 35.71%, #7c8abc 42.86%, #8686bb 50%, #9081b7 57.14%, #997cb1 64.29%, #a278a9 71.43%, #a9759f 78.57%, #af7294 85.71%, #b46f87 92.86%, #b76e79 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #5f9ea0 0%, #b76e79 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#5f9ea0] to-[#b76e79]
svg
<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="#5f9ea0"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#5d9ca8"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#5e9aaf"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#6396b5"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#6a93b9"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#738fbc"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#7c8abc"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#8686bb"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#9081b7"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#997cb1"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#a278a9"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#a9759f"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#af7294"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#b46f87"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#b76e79"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "cadetblue-to-rose-gold": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.373,
            0.62,
            0.627
          ],
          "hex": "#5f9ea0"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.718,
            0.431,
            0.475
          ],
          "hex": "#b76e79"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #5f9ea0 0%, #b76e79 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklch",
        "hue": "shorter",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "cadetblue-to-rose-gold",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 3.049,
            "at": 0.0159,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 5.51,
            "at": 0.9841,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Cadet Blue to Rose Gold, interpolated in oklch."
  }
}

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