# New Retrowave gradient

New Retrowave is a purple gradient from WebGradients (MIT), rendered in OKLab.

### New Retrowave

- Slug: `new-retrowave` · Page: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/new-retrowave
- Stops: #3b41c5 @0%, #a981bb @49%, #ffc8a9 @100% · angle 0° · source webgradients
- Families: purple, blue, orange
- CSS: `linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #3b41c5 0%, #a981bb 49%, #ffc8a9 100%)`
- Tailwind: `bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#3b41c5] via-[#a981bb] via-49% to-[#ffc8a9]`
- Contrast (worst point): white 1.49:1 fail · black 2.75:1 fail · banding medium
- Maker: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/new/v1.3b41c5_0-a981bb_49-ffc8a9_100?a=0
- Colors: https://brandsweets.com/colors/3b41c5, https://brandsweets.com/colors/a981bb, https://brandsweets.com/colors/ffc8a9

## The same stops in other spaces

- sRGB (the source's own look): `linear-gradient(0deg in srgb, #3b41c5 0%, #a981bb 49%, #ffc8a9 100%)`
- OKLCH shorter hue: `linear-gradient(0deg in oklch shorter hue, #3b41c5 0%, #a981bb 49%, #ffc8a9 100%)`

Family pages: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/purple, https://brandsweets.com/gradients/blue, https://brandsweets.com/gradients/orange

## Gradient maker

Every maker URL is the gradient's state: `/gradients/new/v1.<hex>-<hex>[_pos]?a=135&in=oklch&hue=shorter&e=soft&g=8`. Hand one to a human, let them refine, and read the link they return.

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets gradients endpoint for the same engine and corpus:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
- Tools: `make_gradient` (2–5 colours → CSS with the interpolation space, Tailwind v4, SVG, PNG URL, DTCG token + the contrast/banding/gamut report), `brand_gradients` (brand slug or palette → brand gradient, hero, button, variants).
- Resource: `gradients://corpus` — the whole bundled corpus as JSON.