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Dark Sea Green to Lilac gradient

Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f) into Lilac (#c8a2c8) — 179° 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 179° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

Dark Sea Green → Lilac
black text · worst 9.33:1 · AA
white 2.15 failsblack 9.33 AAbanding high

OKLab and OKLCH, side by side

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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 2.14 failsblack 9.42 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #8fbc8f 0%, #c8a2c8 100%)
Aa

OKLCH (shorter hue)

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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 2.15 failsblack 9.33 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #8fbc8f 0%, #c8a2c8 100%)

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

sRGB2%
OKLab2%
OKLCH92%

Eased and mesh

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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 2.15 failsblack 9.34 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #8fbc8f 0%, #92bc8d 8.28%, #99ba87 16.03%, #a4b780 23.35%, #b2b379 30.32%, #c0ae76 37.03%, #cca979 43.56%, #d5a482 50%, #d9a090 56.44%, #da9e9f 62.97%, #d79ead 69.68%, #d29fb9 76.65%, #cda0c1 83.97%, #c9a2c6 91.72%, #c8a2c8 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 2.16 failsblack 9.43 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #aeb0ad;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 81.42% 88.45%, rgba(143, 188, 143, 0.897) 0%, rgba(143, 188, 143, 0) 55.79%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 55.4% 54.53%, rgba(200, 162, 200, 0.844) 0%, rgba(200, 162, 200, 0) 52.61%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 81.42% 88.45%, oklch(from #8fbc8f l c h / 0.897) 0%, rgb(from #8fbc8f r g b / 0) 55.79%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 55.4% 54.53%, oklch(from #c8a2c8 l c h / 0.8441) 0%, rgb(from #c8a2c8 r g b / 0) 52.61%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 2.15:1 at 1% (fails AA); black ink: worst 9.33:1 at 67% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~25px bands at 1440px — add grain 48 (≈3% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fbc8f 0%, #9cb985 7.14%, #a9b67e 14.29%, #b4b279 21.43%, #bfae77 28.57%, #c8ab78 35.71%, #cfa77c 42.86%, #d5a482 50%, #d8a18b 57.14%, #da9f95 64.29%, #da9e9f 71.43%, #d89eaa 78.57%, #d49eb5 85.71%, #cfa0bf 92.86%, #c8a2c8 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #8fbc8f 0%, #c8a2c8 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#8fbc8f] to-[#c8a2c8]
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="#8fbc8f"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#9cb985"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#a9b67e"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#b4b279"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#bfae77"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#c8ab78"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#cfa77c"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#d5a482"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#d8a18b"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#da9f95"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#da9e9f"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#d89eaa"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#d49eb5"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#cfa0bf"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#c8a2c8"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "darkseagreen-to-lilac": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.561,
            0.737,
            0.561
          ],
          "hex": "#8fbc8f"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.784,
            0.635,
            0.784
          ],
          "hex": "#c8a2c8"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #8fbc8f 0%, #c8a2c8 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklch",
        "hue": "shorter",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "darkseagreen-to-lilac",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 2.146,
            "at": 0.0102,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 9.332,
            "at": 0.6748,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Dark Sea Green to Lilac, interpolated in oklch."
  }
}

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live endpoint

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