CSS Gradient Generator

Our free CSS gradient generator lets you build linear-gradient(), radial-gradient(), and conic-gradient() backgrounds visually — drag color stops into place, pick an angle or center point, and copy clean, production-ready CSS with no vendor prefixes needed for modern browsers.

Understanding CSS Gradient Types

• Linear Gradients: Colors transition along a straight line at a chosen angle (in degrees). The most common gradient type for buttons, hero backgrounds, and overlays.
• Radial Gradients: Colors radiate outward from a center point in a circle or ellipse shape — useful for spotlight effects, badges, and soft glows.
• Conic Gradients: Colors sweep around a center point like a color wheel, starting from a chosen angle. Great for pie-chart-style visuals, loaders, and color pickers.

How to Use the Gradient Generator

1. Choose a gradient type — linear, radial, or conic — from the dropdown.
2. Set the direction — an angle for linear/conic gradients, or a shape and position for radial ones.
3. Add and adjust color stops — each stop has a color and a position percentage. Add as many as you like for multi-color gradients.
4. Copy the CSS from the output panel and paste it straight into your stylesheet as a background or background-image value.

Tips for Better-Looking Gradients

Gradients between colors that are close in hue but different in lightness (like a light blue to deep navy) tend to look more polished than gradients between unrelated hues. For UI backgrounds, keep the contrast between stops subtle; for hero banners and marketing pages, bolder multi-stop gradients work well. Use the Randomize button to quickly explore combinations, and the Preset Gradients gallery for tried-and-tested starting points.