--- title: "CSS Gradient Generator - Free Online Tool | CanDoYa" description: "Free CSS gradient generator: build linear, radial and conic gradients with color stops and angle, preview live and copy clean CSS. No sign-up." url: https://candoya.com/tools/css-gradient-generator/ locale: en type: browser-tool --- # Free CSS Gradient Generator Category: Color & Design ## What is a CSS gradient generator? A CSS gradient generator is a visual tool that builds the linear-gradient(), radial-gradient() or conic-gradient() code for you. Pick your colors, drag the stop positions, set the angle, and copy ready-to-paste CSS while a live preview shows exactly what the browser will render. Everything runs in your browser. Writing gradient syntax by hand is fiddly: the angle, the stop order and the percentage positions all interact, and a typo silently breaks the whole `background`. This generator keeps the **preview and the code in lockstep** - what you see is byte-for-byte the CSS you copy. It runs entirely client-side, so nothing you design is uploaded anywhere. ## How to use it 1. **Pick a gradient type** - Choose linear, radial or conic. Linear shows an angle slider; radial adds shape (circle or ellipse) and position; conic has a from-angle and position. 2. **Set your color stops** - Click each swatch to pick a color and drag its slider to move the stop along the gradient. Add up to 8 stops, or remove them down to 2. 3. **Adjust the direction** - Drag the angle slider (0-360 degrees) or choose a position keyword. The preview updates live with every change. 4. **Copy the CSS** - Hit Copy to grab the background declaration, including a solid-color fallback line, and paste it into your stylesheet. ## Who it's for - **Front-end developers** who need a hero, card or button background and want the exact `linear-gradient()` line without memorizing the syntax. - **Web and UI designers** matching a mockup: recreate the gradient visually, then hand the generated CSS straight to the dev team. - **Email and landing-page builders** who need a solid-color fallback line so the design degrades gracefully in old clients - the output includes one automatically. - **Students learning CSS** who want to see how angle, color stops and gradient type change the rendered result in real time. ## Expert note The output sorts stops by position and includes a plain background fallback (your first stop color) before the gradient line - old email clients and ancient browsers paint the solid color instead of showing nothing. Modern unprefixed gradient syntax has been safe everywhere since ~2013, so no -webkit- prefixes are added. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is this CSS gradient generator free? Yes - 100% free, no sign-up, no watermarks, no limits. Build as many gradients as you like and copy the CSS straight into your project. ### Is anything uploaded to a server? No. The gradient is built and previewed entirely in your browser with plain JavaScript. No colors, code or usage data are sent anywhere. ### What is the difference between linear, radial and conic gradients? A linear gradient blends colors along a straight line at an angle you choose. A radial gradient radiates outward from a center point as a circle or ellipse. A conic gradient sweeps colors around a center point, like a color wheel or pie chart. ### How do color stops work in CSS gradients? Each stop pairs a color with a position from 0% to 100% along the gradient line. The browser blends smoothly between neighboring stops. Placing two stops at the same position creates a hard edge instead of a blend - useful for stripes and pie-chart effects. ### Which browsers support these gradients? All modern browsers - Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge - support unprefixed linear-gradient() and radial-gradient(); conic-gradient() has been supported everywhere since 2020. The copied code also includes a solid-color fallback for anything older. ### Can I use the generated gradient as a text color? Not directly - gradients are images, not colors. Apply the gradient as a background-image on the text element, then add background-clip: text and color: transparent so the gradient shows through the glyphs. ### Why does my gradient show banding? Banding appears when two distant stops blend across a long run of similar hues, exposing the 8-bit color steps. Reduce it by adding an intermediate color stop, shortening the blend distance, or choosing colors that differ in lightness as well as hue. ## Related tools - [SVG Pattern Generator](https://candoya.com/tools/svg-pattern-maker/) - [HEX to RGB Converter](https://candoya.com/tools/hex-to-rgb/) - [Color Contrast Checker](https://candoya.com/tools/color-contrast-checker/) - [Color Palette Generator](https://candoya.com/tools/color-palette-generator/) - [Mesh Gradient Generator](https://candoya.com/tools/mesh-gradient-generator/) --- *Markdown edition of , published for AI agents and other automated readers. Index of key pages: .*