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Plum to Mint Green gradient

Plum (#dda0dd) into Mint Green (#98ff98) — 178° 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 178° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

Plum → Mint Green
black text · worst 10.15:1 · AA
white 1.23 failsblack 10.15 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 1.23 failsblack 10.15 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #dda0dd 0%, #98ff98 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 1.23 failsblack 10.15 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #dda0dd 0%, #98ff98 100%)

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

sRGB1%
OKLab2%
OKLCH75%

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 1.23 failsblack 10.15 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #dda0dd 0%, #e0a0db 8.28%, #e89fd5 16.03%, #f49fcb 23.35%, #ff9fbb 30.32%, #ffa3a5 37.03%, #ffad92 43.56%, #ffb77c 50%, #ffc25a 56.44%, #f9d250 62.97%, #e3e259 69.68%, #c9ee6e 76.65%, #b1f883 83.97%, #9ffd92 91.72%, #98ff98 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 1.27 failsblack 11.87 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #c3d2c0;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 91.11% 91.48%, rgba(152, 255, 152, 0.885) 0%, rgba(152, 255, 152, 0) 45.35%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 76.38% 44.16%, rgba(221, 160, 221, 0.807) 0%, rgba(221, 160, 221, 0) 54.58%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 91.11% 91.48%, oklch(from #98ff98 l c h / 0.885) 0%, rgb(from #98ff98 r g b / 0) 45.35%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 76.38% 44.16%, oklch(from #dda0dd l c h / 0.8074) 0%, rgb(from #dda0dd r g b / 0) 54.58%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.23:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 10.15:1 at 0% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~15px bands at 1440px — add grain 31 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
  • 26/64 samples left sRGB by more than 5% and were gamut-mapped (oklch shorter); expect slight hue drift there.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #dda0dd 0%, #eb9fd3 7.14%, #f89fc6 14.29%, #ff9fb7 21.43%, #ffa2a7 28.57%, #ffa999 35.71%, #ffb08c 42.86%, #ffb77c 50%, #ffbe64 57.14%, #ffc854 64.29%, #f8d350 71.43%, #e7df56 78.57%, #d2eb66 85.71%, #b8f57d 92.86%, #98ff98 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #dda0dd 0%, #98ff98 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#dda0dd] to-[#98ff98]
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="#dda0dd"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#eb9fd3"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#f89fc6"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#ff9fb7"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#ffa2a7"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#ffa999"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#ffb08c"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#ffb77c"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#ffbe64"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#ffc854"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#f8d350"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#e7df56"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#d2eb66"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#b8f57d"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#98ff98"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "plum-to-mint-green": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.867,
            0.627,
            0.867
          ],
          "hex": "#dda0dd"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.596,
            1,
            0.596
          ],
          "hex": "#98ff98"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #dda0dd 0%, #98ff98 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklch",
        "hue": "shorter",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "plum-to-mint-green",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.229,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 10.147,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Plum to Mint Green, interpolated in oklch."
  }
}

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