- CSS Gradients
- CSS Linear Gradients
- Syntax
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Using Angles
- Syntax
- Example
- Using Multiple Color Stops
- Example
- Example
- Using Transparency
- Example
- Repeating a linear-gradient
- Example
- Html css image gradient
- Syntax
- Linear gradient
- Radial gradient
- Repeating gradient
- Conic gradient
- Interpolation
- Formal syntax
- Examples
- Linear gradient example
- Radial gradient example
- Repeating gradient examples
- Conic gradient example
- Specifications
- Browser compatibility
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CSS Gradients
CSS gradients let you display smooth transitions between two or more specified colors.
CSS defines three types of gradients:
- Linear Gradients (goes down/up/left/right/diagonally)
- Radial Gradients (defined by their center)
- Conic Gradients (rotated around a center point)
CSS Linear Gradients
To create a linear gradient you must define at least two color stops. Color stops are the colors you want to render smooth transitions among. You can also set a starting point and a direction (or an angle) along with the gradient effect.
Syntax
Direction — Top to Bottom (this is default)
The following example shows a linear gradient that starts at the top. It starts red, transitioning to yellow:
Example
Direction — Left to Right
The following example shows a linear gradient that starts from the left. It starts red, transitioning to yellow:
Example
Direction — Diagonal
You can make a gradient diagonally by specifying both the horizontal and vertical starting positions.
The following example shows a linear gradient that starts at top left (and goes to bottom right). It starts red, transitioning to yellow:
Example
Using Angles
If you want more control over the direction of the gradient, you can define an angle, instead of the predefined directions (to bottom, to top, to right, to left, to bottom right, etc.). A value of 0deg is equivalent to «to top». A value of 90deg is equivalent to «to right». A value of 180deg is equivalent to «to bottom».
Syntax
The following example shows how to use angles on linear gradients:
Example
Using Multiple Color Stops
The following example shows a linear gradient (from top to bottom) with multiple color stops:
Example
The following example shows how to create a linear gradient (from left to right) with the color of the rainbow and some text:
Example
Using Transparency
CSS gradients also support transparency, which can be used to create fading effects.
To add transparency, we use the rgba() function to define the color stops. The last parameter in the rgba() function can be a value from 0 to 1, and it defines the transparency of the color: 0 indicates full transparency, 1 indicates full color (no transparency).
The following example shows a linear gradient that starts from the left. It starts fully transparent, transitioning to full color red:
Example
Repeating a linear-gradient
The repeating-linear-gradient() function is used to repeat linear gradients:
Example
A repeating linear gradient:
Html css image gradient
A CSS gradient has no intrinsic dimensions; i.e., it has no natural or preferred size, nor a preferred ratio. Its concrete size will match the size of the element to which it applies.
Syntax
The data type is defined with one of the function types listed below.
Linear gradient
Linear gradients transition colors progressively along an imaginary line. They are generated with the linear-gradient() function.
Radial gradient
Radial gradients transition colors progressively from a center point (origin). They are generated with the radial-gradient() function.
Repeating gradient
Repeating gradients duplicate a gradient as much as necessary to fill a given area. They are generated with the repeating-linear-gradient() and repeating-radial-gradient() functions.
Conic gradient
Conic gradients transition colors progressively around a circle. They are generated with the conic-gradient() function.
Interpolation
As with any interpolation involving colors, gradients are calculated in the alpha-premultiplied color space. This prevents unexpected shades of gray from appearing when both the color and the opacity are changing. (Be aware that older browsers may not use this behavior when using the transparent keyword.)
Formal syntax
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Examples
Linear gradient example
div class="linear-gradient">Linear gradientdiv>
div width: 240px; height: 80px; >
.linear-gradient background: linear-gradient( to right, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet ); >
Radial gradient example
div class="radial-gradient">Radial gradientdiv>
div width: 240px; height: 80px; >
.radial-gradient background: radial-gradient(red, yellow, rgb(30, 144, 255)); >
Repeating gradient examples
Simple repeating linear and radial gradient examples.
div class="linear-repeat">Repeating linear gradientdiv> br /> div class="radial-repeat">Repeating radial gradientdiv>
div width: 240px; height: 80px; >
.linear-repeat background: repeating-linear-gradient( to top left, lightpink, lightpink 5px, white 5px, white 10px ); > .radial-repeat background: repeating-radial-gradient( powderblue, powderblue 8px, white 8px, white 16px ); >
Conic gradient example
A simple conic gradient example. Note that this isn’t supported widely across browser as of yet.
div class="conic-gradient">Conic gradientdiv>
div width: 200px; height: 200px; >
.conic-gradient background: conic-gradient(lightpink, white, powderblue); >
Specifications
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