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Spiky Naga

Spiky Naga is a blue gradient from WebGradients (MIT) — #505285 → #585e92 → #65689f at 0°. Shown here interpolated in OKLab, next to the original sRGB, with the worst-case contrast for white and black text and every export.

#505285#585e92#65689f
Open in the makerOriginal sRGB in the maker
Aa — the quick brown fox
white text · worst 5.21:1 · AA
white 5.21 AAblack 2.89 failsbanding high

Same stops, three spaces

The source renders this in sRGB. The number is how much chroma survives at the dullest point along the line — the difference between the first bar and the others is the grey that OKLab removes.

sRGB97%
OKLab98%
OKLCH98%

Report

  • white ink: worst 5.21:1 at 25% (AA); black ink: worst 2.89:1 at 0% (fails AA) → use white text.
  • Banding high: ~14px bands at 1440px — add grain 30 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, #505285 0%, #515386 0.86%, #515487 1.71%, #525588 2.57%, #525589 3.43%, #53568a 4.29%, #53578b 5.14%, #54588b 6%, #55598c 6.86%, #555a8d 7.71%, #565b8e 8.57%, #565b8f 9.43%, #575c90 10.29%, #575d91 11.14%, #585e92 12%, #595f93 12.93%, #5a5f94 13.86%, #5b6095 14.79%, #5c6196 15.71%, #5d6297 16.64%, #5e6298 17.57%, #5e6398 18.5%, #5f6499 19.43%, #60649a 20.36%, #61659b 21.29%, #62669c 22.21%, #63679d 23.14%, #64679e 24.07%, #65689f 25%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #505285 0%, #585e92 12%, #65689f 25%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#505285] via-[#585e92] via-12% to-[#65689f] to-25%
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="720" y1="600" x2="720" y2="0"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#505285"/><stop offset="0.86%" stop-color="#515386"/><stop offset="1.71%" stop-color="#515487"/><stop offset="2.57%" stop-color="#525588"/><stop offset="3.43%" stop-color="#525589"/><stop offset="4.29%" stop-color="#53568a"/><stop offset="5.14%" stop-color="#53578b"/><stop offset="6%" stop-color="#54588b"/><stop offset="6.86%" stop-color="#55598c"/><stop offset="7.71%" stop-color="#555a8d"/><stop offset="8.57%" stop-color="#565b8e"/><stop offset="9.43%" stop-color="#565b8f"/><stop offset="10.29%" stop-color="#575c90"/><stop offset="11.14%" stop-color="#575d91"/><stop offset="12%" stop-color="#585e92"/><stop offset="12.93%" stop-color="#595f93"/><stop offset="13.86%" stop-color="#5a5f94"/><stop offset="14.79%" stop-color="#5b6095"/><stop offset="15.71%" stop-color="#5c6196"/><stop offset="16.64%" stop-color="#5d6297"/><stop offset="17.57%" stop-color="#5e6298"/><stop offset="18.5%" stop-color="#5e6398"/><stop offset="19.43%" stop-color="#5f6499"/><stop offset="20.36%" stop-color="#60649a"/><stop offset="21.29%" stop-color="#61659b"/><stop offset="22.21%" stop-color="#62669c"/><stop offset="23.14%" stop-color="#63679d"/><stop offset="24.07%" stop-color="#64679e"/><stop offset="25%" stop-color="#65689f"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "spiky-naga": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.314,
            0.322,
            0.522
          ],
          "hex": "#505285"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.345,
            0.369,
            0.573
          ],
          "hex": "#585e92"
        },
        "position": 0.12
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.396,
            0.408,
            0.624
          ],
          "hex": "#65689f"
        },
        "position": 0.25
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #505285 0%, #585e92 12%, #65689f 25%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 0,
        "name": "Spiky Naga",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 5.206,
            "at": 0.25,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 2.887,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#ffffff"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Spiky Naga (WebGradients, MIT), rendered in OKLab."
  }
}

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mcpConnect your agent to the gradient engine
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared gradients endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — make_gradient returns CSS with the interpolation space, Tailwind v4, SVG, a PNG URL, a DTCG token and the contrast report in one call; brand_gradients derives the whole contact sheet from a brand or a palette. Read-only, no key. Every gradient is a /gradients/new/… link: open it, refine, paste it back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-gradients https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
try this prompt

›take the Spiky Naga gradient (#505285, #585e92, #65689f), re-interpolate it in oklch, and tell me the worst-case contrast for white text

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