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Copper to Slate Gray gradient

Copper (#b87333) into Slate Gray (#708090) — 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.

Copper → Slate Gray
black text · worst 5.17:1 · AA
white 3.79 AA largeblack 5.17 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 3.79 AA largeblack 5.18 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #b87333 0%, #708090 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 3.79 AA largeblack 5.17 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #b87333 0%, #708090 100%)

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

sRGB0%
OKLab4%
OKLCH42%

Eased and mesh

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Eased (soft)

Open in maker →

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 3.79 AA largeblack 5.17 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #b87333 0%, #b97237 8.28%, #ba7042 16.03%, #bb6d52 23.35%, #b96b64 30.32%, #b36b76 37.03%, #aa6d87 43.56%, #9e7194 50%, #90759b 56.44%, #84799e 62.97%, #7b7c9c 69.68%, #757e98 76.65%, #717f94 83.97%, #708091 91.72%, #708090 100%)
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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 3.85 AA largeblack 5.22 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #967c69;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 63.21% 95.73%, rgba(184, 115, 51, 0.898) 0%, rgba(184, 115, 51, 0) 57.51%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 48.98% 17.88%, rgba(112, 128, 144, 0.859) 0%, rgba(112, 128, 144, 0) 52.48%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 63.21% 95.73%, oklch(from #b87333 l c h / 0.8977) 0%, rgb(from #b87333 r g b / 0) 57.51%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 48.98% 17.88%, oklch(from #708090 l c h / 0.8586) 0%, rgb(from #708090 r g b / 0) 52.48%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 3.79:1 at 1% (AA-large only); black ink: worst 5.17:1 at 95% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~15px bands at 1440px — add grain 32 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #b87333 0%, #ba6f46 7.14%, #ba6c57 14.29%, #b86b67 21.43%, #b36b75 28.57%, #ad6d82 35.71%, #a66f8c 42.86%, #9e7194 50%, #95749a 57.14%, #8c779d 64.29%, #84799e 71.43%, #7c7c9c 78.57%, #767e9a 85.71%, #727f95 92.86%, #708090 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #b87333 0%, #708090 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#b87333] to-[#708090]
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="#b87333"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#ba6f46"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#ba6c57"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#b86b67"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#b36b75"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#ad6d82"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#a66f8c"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#9e7194"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#95749a"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#8c779d"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#84799e"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#7c7c9c"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#767e9a"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#727f95"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#708090"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "copper-to-slategray": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.722,
            0.451,
            0.2
          ],
          "hex": "#b87333"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.439,
            0.502,
            0.565
          ],
          "hex": "#708090"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #b87333 0%, #708090 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklch",
        "hue": "shorter",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "copper-to-slategray",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 3.789,
            "at": 0.0076,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 5.166,
            "at": 0.9476,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Copper to Slate Gray, interpolated in oklch."
  }
}

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endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
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