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Steel Blue to Copper gradient
Steel Blue (#4682b4) into Copper (#b87333) — 175° 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 175° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.
OKLab and OKLCH, side by side
OKLab
Open in maker →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.
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #4682b4 0%, #b87333 100%)
OKLCH (shorter hue)
Open in maker →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.
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #4682b4 0%, #b87333 100%)
And the sRGB line most tools draw, for comparison — the number is the chroma that survives at the dullest point.
Eased and mesh
Eased (soft)
Open in maker →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.
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #4682b4 0%, #4a81b5 8.28%, #537fb8 16.03%, #627bba 23.35%, #7377ba 30.32%, #8671b6 37.03%, #986cac 43.56%, #a7689d 50%, #b36589 56.44%, #bb6574 62.97%, #be6760 69.68%, #be6a4d 76.65%, #bc6f3f 83.97%, #b97236 91.72%, #b87333 100%)
Mesh
Open in maker →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.
background-color: #877f7d; background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 9.91% 85.04%, rgba(184, 115, 51, 0.703) 0%, rgba(184, 115, 51, 0) 59.7%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 87.44% 39.39%, rgba(70, 130, 180, 0.703) 0%, rgba(70, 130, 180, 0) 54.77%); background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 9.91% 85.04%, oklch(from #b87333 l c h / 0.703) 0%, rgb(from #b87333 r g b / 0) 59.7%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 87.44% 39.39%, oklch(from #4682b4 l c h / 0.7025) 0%, rgb(from #4682b4 r g b / 0) 54.77%);
Report
- white ink: worst 3.79:1 at 100% (AA-large only); black ink: worst 5.03:1 at 25% (AA) → use black text.
- Banding high: ~11px bands at 1440px — add grain 23 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
Export
.gradient {
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #4682b4 0%, #577eb9 7.14%, #677abb 14.29%, #7676ba 21.43%, #8472b6 28.57%, #916eb0 35.71%, #9d6aa8 42.86%, #a7689d 50%, #b06590 57.14%, #b76482 64.29%, #bc6573 71.43%, #be6663 78.57%, #bf6953 85.71%, #bd6d43 92.86%, #b87333 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #4682b4 0%, #b87333 100%);
}bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#4682b4] to-[#b87333]
<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="#4682b4"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#577eb9"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#677abb"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#7676ba"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#8472b6"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#916eb0"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#9d6aa8"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#a7689d"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#b06590"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#b76482"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#bc6573"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#be6663"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#bf6953"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#bd6d43"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#b87333"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
{
"steelblue-to-copper": {
"$type": "gradient",
"$value": [
{
"color": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [
0.275,
0.51,
0.706
],
"hex": "#4682b4"
},
"position": 0
},
{
"color": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [
0.722,
0.451,
0.2
],
"hex": "#b87333"
},
"position": 1
}
],
"$extensions": {
"com.brandsweets": {
"kind": "linear",
"css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #4682b4 0%, #b87333 100%)",
"interpolation": "oklch",
"hue": "shorter",
"angle": 135,
"name": "steelblue-to-copper",
"contrast": {
"white": {
"ratio": 3.792,
"at": 1,
"passesAA": false,
"passesAALarge": true
},
"black": {
"ratio": 5.032,
"at": 0.254,
"passesAA": true,
"passesAALarge": true
},
"suggestedInk": "#000000"
}
}
},
"$description": "Steel Blue to Copper, interpolated in oklch."
}
}More from Steel Blue
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-gradients https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
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