# Polite Rumors gradient

Polite Rumors is a purple gradient from WebGradients (MIT), rendered in OKLab.

### Polite Rumors

- Slug: `polite-rumors` · Page: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/polite-rumors
- Stops: #a7a6cb @0%, #8989ba @52%, #8989ba @100% · angle 0° · source webgradients
- Families: purple, blue · Moods: cool, muted, calm
- CSS: `linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #a7a6cb 0%, #8989ba 52%, #8989ba 100%)`
- Tailwind: `bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#a7a6cb] via-[#8989ba] via-52% to-[#8989ba]`
- Contrast (worst point): white 2.34:1 fail · black 6.35:1 AA · banding high
- Maker: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/new/v1.a7a6cb_0-8989ba_52-8989ba_100?a=0
- Colors: https://brandsweets.com/colors/a7a6cb, https://brandsweets.com/colors/8989ba, https://brandsweets.com/colors/8989ba

## The same stops in other spaces

- sRGB (the source's own look): `linear-gradient(0deg in srgb, #a7a6cb 0%, #8989ba 52%, #8989ba 100%)`
- OKLCH shorter hue: `linear-gradient(0deg in oklch shorter hue, #a7a6cb 0%, #8989ba 52%, #8989ba 100%)`

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

## 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.