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Violet to Aquamarine gradient

Violet (#ee82ee) into Aquamarine (#7fffd4) — 158° 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 158° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

Violet → Aquamarine
black text · worst 9.06:1 · AA
white 1.22 failsblack 9.06 AAbanding high

OKLab and OKLCH, side by side

Aa

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.

white 1.22 failsblack 9.06 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #ee82ee 0%, #7fffd4 100%)
Aa

OKLCH (shorter hue)

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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.

white 1.22 failsblack 9.06 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #ee82ee 0%, #7fffd4 100%)

And the sRGB line most tools draw, for comparison — the number is the chroma that survives at the dullest point.

sRGB27%
OKLab18%
OKLCH57%

Eased and mesh

Aa

Eased (soft)

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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.

white 1.22 failsblack 9.06 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #ee82ee 0%, #ec84f2 8.28%, #e48afe 16.03%, #d895ff 23.35%, #c4a7ff 30.32%, #b2b6ff 37.03%, #a2c4ff 43.56%, #91d0ff 50%, #7addff 56.44%, #47ebff 62.97%, #37f4fe 69.68%, #52faed 76.65%, #6afde0 83.97%, #79ffd7 91.72%, #7fffd4 100%)
Aa

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.

white 1.60 failsblack 11.48 AAbanding low
css
background-color: #c9c6e3;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 22.38% 82.36%, rgba(238, 130, 238, 0.813) 0%, rgba(238, 130, 238, 0) 56.72%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 66.05% 3.71%, rgba(127, 255, 212, 0.723) 0%, rgba(127, 255, 212, 0) 50.92%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 22.38% 82.36%, oklch(from #ee82ee l c h / 0.8133) 0%, rgb(from #ee82ee r g b / 0) 56.72%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 66.05% 3.71%, oklch(from #7fffd4 l c h / 0.7233) 0%, rgb(from #7fffd4 r g b / 0) 50.92%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.22:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 9.06:1 at 0% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~12px bands at 1440px — add grain 24 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
  • 43/64 samples left sRGB by more than 5% and were gamut-mapped (oklch shorter); expect slight hue drift there.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee82ee 0%, #e18dff 7.14%, #d19bff 14.29%, #c0aaff 21.43%, #b3b5ff 28.57%, #a7bfff 35.71%, #9dc8ff 42.86%, #91d0ff 50%, #83d9ff 57.14%, #6ee1ff 64.29%, #41ecff 71.43%, #34f3ff 78.57%, #49f8f3 85.71%, #64fce3 92.86%, #7fffd4 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #ee82ee 0%, #7fffd4 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#ee82ee] to-[#7fffd4]
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="210" y1="-210" x2="1230" y2="810"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#ee82ee"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#e18dff"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#d19bff"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#c0aaff"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#b3b5ff"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#a7bfff"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#9dc8ff"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#91d0ff"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#83d9ff"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#6ee1ff"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#41ecff"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#34f3ff"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#49f8f3"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#64fce3"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#7fffd4"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "violet-to-aquamarine": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.933,
            0.51,
            0.933
          ],
          "hex": "#ee82ee"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.498,
            1,
            0.831
          ],
          "hex": "#7fffd4"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #ee82ee 0%, #7fffd4 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklch",
        "hue": "shorter",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "violet-to-aquamarine",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.224,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 9.063,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Violet to Aquamarine, interpolated in oklch."
  }
}

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live endpoint

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endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
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