Build linear, radial, and conic CSS gradients visually with unlimited color stops, live large preview, angle control, and 12 beautiful ready-made presets — then copy the exact CSS to use directly in your stylesheet.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7f00ff 0%, #e100ff 100%);CSS gradients are computed images, not colors — generated entirely by the browser from a small function call rather than loaded as a file, which means they're infinitely scalable, require zero HTTP requests, render at perfect pixel sharpness on any screen density, and can be animated, layered, and combined with other backgrounds far more flexibly than a static image ever could be. What used to require exporting a gradient PNG from a design tool is now a single line of CSS that's smaller, faster, and easier to tweak than any image file.
Writing a multi-stop gradient's CSS syntax correctly by hand — getting the angle convention right, spacing stops precisely, remembering the specific keyword differences between linear-gradient, radial-gradient, and conic-gradient — is fiddly enough that most people end up in a slow trial-and-error loop of editing code and refreshing a browser tab to see the result. This tool inverts that workflow: every adjustment (color, position, angle, shape) updates a large live preview instantly, so you can fine-tune a gradient by eye and only look at the generated CSS once you're happy with how it actually looks.
The output is a complete, ready-to-paste background declaration using standard, unprefixed CSS syntax — copy it directly into any stylesheet, a CSS-in-JS template literal, or an inline style attribute. If you need just the gradient function itself (for use in background-image, border-image, or a background-clip: text effect on text color), copy everything after 'background: ' and before the trailing semicolon.
A gradient with two color stops is just a simple blend, but adding a third stop in the middle — especially a color that's slightly different from a pure interpolation of the two endpoints — is what gives many professional-looking gradients their extra depth and richness, since a pure two-color linear blend can sometimes look flat or slightly muddy in the middle. Try adding a mid-point stop that's a touch lighter, darker, or more saturated than what a straight blend between your two main colors would naturally produce, and compare the result in the live preview.
The preset gallery spans warm gradients (Sunset, Fire, Peach), cool gradients (Ocean, Cool Blues, Aurora), moody dark gradients (Midnight, Grayscale), and playful ones (Candy, Purple Bliss, Mint) — each is a real, complete gradient you can load instantly and then adjust rather than build from a blank slate. As a rule of thumb: reach for linear gradients for most backgrounds, hero sections, and buttons; radial for spotlight effects, glows, and vignettes; and conic specifically for circular UI elements like progress rings, pie-chart segments, and color-picker wheels.
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