Gradient CSS Generator

CSS gradients are one of the highest-leverage visual tools on the web. Two colors and a direction transform a flat rectangle into a hero section, a button into a tactile control, and a card into something worth looking at. Writing gradient CSS by hand works for simple cases, but as soon as you add a third stop, a conic sweep, or a radial falloff, the syntax gets fiddly fast. This generator gives you a visual editor with draggable stops, direction arrows, and live preview, then emits clean CSS in whatever gradient syntax you need.

The three gradient families all live here. Linear gradients draw a line between two points and fill color along it — the workhorse for hero backgrounds, dividers, and button fills. Radial gradients emanate from a point — great for spotlights, glow effects, and soft card shadows. Conic gradients sweep around a center — the foundation of pie charts, progress rings, and modern glassmorphism. The generator lets you toggle between them without losing your color stops, so you can experiment until you find the shape that fits.

Once you are happy, the generator gives you production-ready CSS with vendor prefixes if needed, color stop percentages or lengths, and a background-size value if you want the gradient to tile. Copy a single line into your stylesheet or export as a CSS custom property for a design system. The preview honors the exact same rules your browser will use, so what you see in the tool is exactly what ships.

CSS defines three gradient functions. linear-gradient() takes an angle or to-direction keyword followed by color stops: linear-gradient(135deg, #3b82f6 0%, #8b5cf6 100%). The angle uses compass-style degrees where 0deg is to-top and 90deg is to-right. radial-gradient() takes a shape (ellipse or circle), a size keyword (closest-side, farthest-corner, and variants), a position, and stops. conic-gradient() takes an angle and from-position, sweeping color around a center — useful for pie charts and percentage rings without SVG.

Each function has a repeating variant (repeating-linear-gradient, etc.) that tiles the gradient from the final stop back to the first. Interpolation between stops happens in the sRGB color space by default, which can look muddy when transitioning between saturated hues. The modern CSS Color Module Level 4 syntax allows in oklch interpolation (linear-gradient(in oklch, red, green)) which stays vivid across the transition; modern browsers support it.

Color stops can be positioned by percentage, by length, or omitted to be distributed evenly. Multiple stops can share a position to create hard boundaries (stripes), and each stop accepts its own alpha for soft fades. Combining multiple gradients in one background-image stacks them for mesh-like compositions. The generator outputs all of this cleanly and shows which features are safe everywhere versus which need modern browsers.

Writing CSS gradients by hand scales poorly past two stops. Figma exports gradients but not always as CSS, and copying from DevTools does not round-trip cleanly. Dedicated online generators often support only linear gradients or lack alpha. This tool supports all three CSS gradient families, drag-to-edit, modern interpolation modes, and design-system exports. It works in the browser, honors the exact CSS specification browsers implement, and pairs with the palette generator and color picker tools for a complete color workflow.