# Reef gradient

Reef is a blue gradient from uiGradients (MIT), rendered in OKLab.

### Reef

- Slug: `reef` · Page: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/reef
- Stops: #00d2ff, #3a7bd5 · angle 90° · source uigradients
- Families: blue · Moods: cool, ocean
- CSS: `linear-gradient(90deg in oklab, #00d2ff 0%, #3a7bd5 100%)`
- Tailwind: `bg-linear-to-r/oklab from-[#00d2ff] to-[#3a7bd5]`
- Contrast (worst point): white 1.80:1 fail · black 4.97:1 AA · banding medium
- Maker: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/new/v1.00d2ff-3a7bd5?a=90
- Colors: https://brandsweets.com/colors/00d2ff, https://brandsweets.com/colors/3a7bd5

## The same stops in other spaces

- sRGB (the source's own look): `linear-gradient(90deg in srgb, #00d2ff 0%, #3a7bd5 100%)`
- OKLCH shorter hue: `linear-gradient(90deg in oklch shorter hue, #00d2ff 0%, #3a7bd5 100%)`

Family pages: 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.