CSS Gradient Generator
Design CSS gradients visually — pick colors, copy the code.
How to use CSS Gradient Generator
- Pick your colors — start with two; neighboring hues blend cleanest.
- Set the direction — an angle like 135deg, or radial for center-out.
- Watch the live preview and iterate — the whole point over hand-editing.
- Copy the CSS into your stylesheet as the element's background.
What is CSS Gradient Generator?
A CSS gradient generator builds the linear-gradient() / radial-gradient() code visually: choose your colors and direction, watch the live preview, copy the CSS. The syntax it writes — background: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea 0%, #764ba2 100%) — is easy to read but tedious to iterate by hand; the visual loop makes trying ten variants take a minute.
Gradients earn their ubiquity: they add depth and polish for zero bytes of image download, scale to any size losslessly, and animate/adapt in ways bitmap backgrounds can't. Every hero section, button glow and card background in modern design is a few gradient stops.
About the CSS Gradient Generator
Pick two or more colors, set the angle or direction, watch the preview update live, and copy the production-ready CSS.
Craft notes for gradients that look designed rather than defaulted: neighboring hues blend cleanly (blue→purple, orange→pink) while opposites (red→green) pass through a muddy gray midpoint — route via a third stop if you must cross the wheel; subtle beats loud for backgrounds (two shades of the same hue reads as depth, neon rainbows read as 2010); and 135deg (top-left to bottom-right) is the most flattering default direction for UI surfaces.
Beyond backgrounds: gradients fill text (via background-clip), draw borders (border-image or padded wrappers), and tint photos through overlay layers. The copied code works everywhere — support is universal in modern browsers, no prefixes needed.