CSS Gradient Generator
Create beautiful linear, radial and conic CSS gradients with live preview. Copy as CSS or Tailwind. Free, no login.
Angle
135°Color Stops
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ff00 0%, #0a0a0a 100%);
Presets
About CSS Gradient Generator
Gradients are one of the most versatile tools in modern UI design — used for hero backgrounds, button states, card overlays, dividers, text fills, and decorative elements. Writing gradient CSS by hand requires knowing exact syntax for angles, positions, and color stops, making a visual editor far more efficient for exploration and iteration.
Our CSS Gradient Generator supports all three native CSS gradient types: linear (directional fades), radial (a circular emanation from a point you choose), and conic (angular sweeps, useful for pie charts and color wheels). You can use two to five color stops, set each one's color and position with a slider, dial in any angle from 0 to 360 degrees for linear and conic gradients, and move the center point of radial and conic gradients anywhere in the box. The live preview fills the entire preview panel so you see exactly how the gradient will look at scale, and twelve ready-made presets give you a starting point when you would rather tweak than start from scratch.
The output includes both standard CSS (`background: linear-gradient(...)`) and the equivalent Tailwind CSS utility class, making this tool useful for both traditional CSS projects and utility-first frameworks. Copy either version with a single click and paste directly into your stylesheet or JSX component.
How to Use CSS Gradient Generator
- 1Select the gradient type — Linear, Radial, or Conic — using the type selector.
- 2Click "Add Stop" to insert a color stop — the generator takes two to five — and use the X button to remove one.
- 3Change each stop's color by clicking its swatch, and slide it along the 0–100% track to position it.
- 4For linear gradients, drag the angle slider anywhere from 0° to 360°; conic gradients get the same slider as a start angle.
- 5For radial or conic, adjust the center point position using the X/Y controls.
- 6Switch the output between CSS and Tailwind, then click "Copy CSS" or "Copy Tailwind" to grab the code for your project.
Use Cases
- →Create hero section background gradients for landing pages and marketing sites
- →Design button hover states with gradient color transitions
- →Build subtle gradient overlays for image cards and featured content sections
- →Generate Tailwind gradient classes for utility-first Next.js or Vite projects
- →Create conic gradients for pie charts, progress rings, or angular design elements
- →Design radial spotlight or glow effects for dark-mode interfaces — move the center off-axis for an off-center light source
- →Start from one of the twelve presets (Sunset, Ocean, Aurora, Midnight and more) and adjust it into your brand palette
Tips
- ✓Add a third or fourth color stop for richer, multi-tone transitions — the generator supports two to five
- ✓Radial gradients work well for spotlight effects, button glows, and background depth
- ✓Copy as Tailwind for instant integration with a Next.js, Remix, or SvelteKit project — the arbitrary-value syntax handles the spaces for you
- ✓Use a very subtle gradient (same hue, different lightness) for professional card backgrounds
- ✓Conic gradients work natively in all modern browsers without vendor prefixes
- ✓Leave the center at 50% / 50% and the "at" clause is left out of the CSS entirely, keeping the copied code short
- ✓Presets reset the center point, so applying one always gives you a clean starting state
Frequently Asked Questions
A CSS gradient is a smooth transition between two or more colors defined entirely in code — no image file needed. Gradients are rendered by the browser and scale perfectly to any size.
Linear gradients transition colors along a straight line at a given angle. Radial gradients radiate outward from a center point in a circular or elliptical shape. Conic gradients rotate colors around a center point, like the slices of a color wheel.
Click "Copy CSS" and paste the output directly into your stylesheet. You can also apply it inline with the style attribute in HTML.
A color stop defines a specific color at a specific position within the gradient (0% = start, 100% = end). Click "Add Stop" to insert one — the generator takes two to five stops — then set its color with the swatch and slide it into place.
Yes. Switch to Radial or Conic and use the X and Y sliders to move the centre anywhere in the box; conic gradients also get a start-angle slider. Leave both at 50% and the CSS stays short, with no "at" clause emitted.
Tailwind CSS supports arbitrary values in square brackets, which lets you use any CSS value directly in a class name. Spaces inside the brackets must be replaced with underscores, which this tool handles automatically.
Yes. For text, combine the gradient with background-clip: text and -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent in your CSS. For borders, use the border-image property or a pseudo-element technique.