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Strong Stick

Strong Stick is a teal gradient from WebGradients (MIT) — #a8caba → #5d4157 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.

#a8caba#5d4157
Open in the makerOriginal sRGB in the maker
Aa — the quick brown fox
black text · worst 2.36:1 · fails
white 1.78 failsblack 2.36 failsbanding medium

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.

sRGB11%
OKLab8%
OKLCH90%

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.78:1 at 0% (fails AA); black ink: worst 2.36:1 at 100% (fails AA) → use black text.
  • Neither ink passes AA at the worst point — treat as decorative or add a scrim (rgba(0,0,0,.35) typically lifts white ink past 4:1).
  • Banding medium: ~11px bands at 1440px — add grain 22 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, #a8caba 0%, #a3c0b3 7.14%, #9eb5ab 14.29%, #99aba4 21.43%, #94a19d 28.57%, #8e9795 35.71%, #898d8e 42.86%, #848387 50%, #7e7980 57.14%, #797079 64.29%, #736672 71.43%, #6e5d6b 78.57%, #685364 85.71%, #634a5e 92.86%, #5d4157 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #a8caba 0%, #5d4157 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#a8caba] to-[#5d4157]
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="#a8caba"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#a3c0b3"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#9eb5ab"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#99aba4"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#94a19d"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#8e9795"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#898d8e"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#848387"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#7e7980"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#797079"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#736672"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#6e5d6b"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#685364"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#634a5e"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#5d4157"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "strong-stick": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.659,
            0.792,
            0.729
          ],
          "hex": "#a8caba"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.365,
            0.255,
            0.341
          ],
          "hex": "#5d4157"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #a8caba 0%, #5d4157 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 0,
        "name": "Strong Stick",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.776,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 2.359,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Strong Stick (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 Strong Stick gradient (#a8caba, #5d4157), re-interpolate it in oklch, and tell me the worst-case contrast for white text

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