CSS Styling: Gradients, Colors, and Backgrounds

CSS turns a handful of values into the look of a page: gradients for backgrounds, color scales for a design system, and contrast checks for readability. These guides explain how the syntax actually works and link to a tool that builds the code in your browser, so you can see the result as you go and copy it straight into your stylesheet.

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CSS Gradients Explained: Linear, Radial, and Color Stops

How CSS linear and radial gradients work: the angle, the radial shape, and color stops, with copy-ready examples you can build in your browser.

Tools in this guide

CSS Gradient

Build linear and radial CSS gradients with a live preview and copy the ready-to-use background code.

Color Palette

Generate a tint and shade scale plus complementary, analogous and triadic colors from a base color.

Color Converter

Convert colors between HEX, RGB and HSL with a live preview.

Contrast Checker

Check the contrast ratio between two colours against WCAG AA and AAA accessibility levels.

CSS Formatter

Beautify CSS with clean indentation, or minify it to shrink file size. Handles media queries, calc() and license comments.