Gradientes lineales simples

Aquí está un gradiente lineal que inicia en el centro (horizontalmente) y arriba

(verticalmente), e inicia en azul, transicionando a blanco.

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/* La sintaxis vieja, obsoleta, pero todavía necesaria, con prefijo, para Opera y
navegadores basados en WebKit-based */
background: -prefix-linear-gradient(top, blue, white);

/* La nueva sintaxis necesaria para navegadores apegados al estandar (IE 10 y

Firefox 10 en adelante), sin prefijo */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, blue, white);

Cambiando el mismo gradiente para correr de izquierda a derecha:

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/* la vieja sintaxis, obsoleta, pero todavía necesaria, prefijada,

para Opera y Navegadores basados en Webkit */
background: -prefix-linear-gradient(left, blue, white);

/* La nueva sintaxis necesaria para navegadores apegados al

estandar (IE 10 y Firefox 10 en adelante), sin prefijo */
background: linear-gradient(to right, blue, white);

Usted puede hace el gradiente sea generado diagonalmente mediante la

especificación de la posición de inicio vertical y horizontal. Por ejemplo:
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/* la vieja sintaxis, obsoleta, pero todavía necesaria, prefijada,

para Opera y Navegadores basados en Webkit */
background: -prefix-linear-gradient(left top, blue, white);

/* La nueva sintaxis necesaria para navegadores apegados al

estandar (IE 10 y Firefox 10 en adelante), sin prefijo */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, blue, white);

Usando Angulos

Si usted no específica un ángulo, uno es determinado automáticamente basado en

la dirección dada. Si usted desea más control sobre la dirección del gradiente,
usted necesita establecer el ángulo específicamente.

Por ejemplo, aquí hay dos gradientes, el primero con una dirección hacia la
derecha, y el segundo tiene un ángulo de 70 grados.

El de la derecha usa un CSS Como este:

background: linear-gradient(70deg, black, white);

El ángulo es especificado como un ángulo entre una línea vertical y la línea del
gradiente, contando en el sentido horario. En otras palabras, 0deg crea un
gradiente vertical desde el fondo hasta el tope, mientras 90deg genera un
gradiente horizontal de izquierda a derecha:
background: linear-gradient(<angle>, red, white);

Note: several browsers implement, prefixed, an older draft of the specification

where 0deg was pointing to the right rather than to the top. Pay attention in the
value of the angle when mixing prefixed and standard linear-gradient, some may
need to have 90deg added to the <angle>.

Color stops

Color stops are points along the gradient line that will have a specific color at that
location. The location can be specified as either a percentage of the length of the
line, or as an absolute length. You may specify as many color stops as you like in
order to achieve the desired effect.

If you specify the location as a percentage, 0% represents the starting point,

while 100% represents the ending point; however, you can use values outside that
range if necessary to get the effect you want.

Example: Three color stops

This example specifies three color stops:

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/* The old syntax, deprecated, but still needed, prefixed, for

Opera and WebKit-based browsers */
background: -prefix-linear-gradient(top, blue, white 80%, orange);
/* The new syntax needed by standard-compliant browsers (IE 10 and
Firefox 10 onwards), without prefix */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, blue, white 80%, orange);

Note that the first and last color stops don't specify a location; because of that,
values of 0% and 100% are assigned automatically. The middle color stop specifies
a location of 80%, putting it most of the way toward the bottom.

Example: Evenly spaced color stops

Here's an example using a wide variety of colors, all evenly spaced:

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/* The old syntax, deprecated, but still needed, prefixed, for

Opera and WebKit-based browsers */
background: -prefix-linear-gradient(left, red, orange, yellow,
green, blue);

/* The new syntax needed by standard-compliant browsers (IE 10 and

Firefox 10 onwards), without prefix */
background: linear-gradient(to right, red, orange, yellow, green,
blue);

Notice that the color stops are automatically spaced evenly when no locations are
specified.

Transparency and gradients

Gradients support transparency. You can use this, for example, when stacking
multiple backgrounds, to create fading effects on background images. For example:
/* The old syntax, deprecated, but still needed, prefixed, for
Opera and WebKit-based browsers */
background: linear-gradient(left, rgba(255,255,255,0),
rgba(255,255,255,1)), url(http://foo.com/image.jpg);

/* The new syntax needed by standard-compliant browsers (IE 10 and

Firefox 10 onwards), without prefix */
background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,255,255,0),
rgba(255,255,255,1)), url(http://foo.com/image.jpg);

The backgrounds are stacked with the first specified background on top, and each
successive background farther away. By stacking backgrounds this way, you can
create very creative effects as seen above.

Radial gradients
Radial gradients are specified using the radial-gradient functional notation. The
syntax is similar to that for linear gradients, except you can specify the gradient's
ending shape (whether it should be a circle or ellipse) as well as its size. By default,
the ending shape is an ellipse with the same proportions than the container's box.

Color stops

You specify color stops the same way as for linear gradients. The gradient line
extends out from the starting position in all directions.

Example: Evenly spaced color stops

By default, as with linear gradients, the color stops are evenly spaced:
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background: radial-gradient(red, yellow, rgb(30, 144, 255));

Example: Explicitly spaced color stops

Here we specify specific locations for the color stops:

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background: radial-gradient(red 5%, yellow 25%, #1E90FF 50%);

Size

This is one of the areas in which radial gradients differ from linear gradients. You
can provide a size value that specifies the point that defines the size of the circle or
ellipse. See this description of the size constants for specifics.

Example: closest-side for ellipses

This ellipse uses the closest-side size value, which means the size is set by the
distance from the starting point (the center) to the closest side of the enclosing box.
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background: radial-gradient(ellipse closest-side, red, yellow 10%,

#1E90FF 50%, white);

Example: farthest-corner for ellipses

This example is similar to the previous one, except that its size is specified
as farthest-corner, which sets the size of the gradient by the distance from the
starting point to the farthest corner of the enclosing box from the starting point.
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background: radial-gradient(ellipse farthest-corner, red, yellow

10%, #1E90FF 50%, white);

Example: closest-side for circles

This example uses closest-side, which determines the circle's size as the distance
between the start point (the center) and the closest side.
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background: radial-gradient(circle closest-side, red, yellow 10%,

#1E90FF 50%, white);
Here, the circle's radius is half the height of the box, since the top and bottom edges
are equidistant from the start point and are closer than the left and right edges.

Repeating gradients
The linear-gradient and radial-gradient properties don't support automatically
repeating the color stops. However, the repeating-linear-gradient and repeating-
radial-gradient properties are available to offer this functionality.

Examples: Repeating linear gradient

This example uses repeating-linear-gradient to create a gradient:

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background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, red, red 5px, white

5px, white 10px);

Another example using the repeating-linear-gradient property.

background-color: #000;
background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent,
transparent 50px,
rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 50px, rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 56px,
transparent 56px, transparent 63px,
rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 63px, rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 69px,
transparent 69px, transparent 116px,
rgba(255, 206, 0, 0.25) 116px, rgba(255, 206, 0, 0.25)
166px),
repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 50px,
rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 50px,
rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 56px, transparent 56px, transparent
63px, rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 63px,
rgba(255, 127, 0, 0.25) 69px, transparent 69px, transparent
116px, rgba(255, 206, 0, 0.25) 116px,
rgba(255, 206, 0, 0.25) 166px),
repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent, transparent 5px,
rgba(143, 77, 63, 0.25) 5px,
rgba(143, 77, 63, 0.25) 10px),
repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, transparent, transparent 5px,
rgba(143, 77, 63, 0.25) 5px,
rgba(143, 77, 63, 0.25) 10px);

Example: Repeating radial gradient

This example uses repeating-radial-gradient to create a gradient:

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background: repeating-radial-gradient(black, black 5px, white 5px,

white 10px);
See also Gradient-related reference articles: <image>, <gradient>, linear-
gradient, radial-gradient, repeating-linear-gradient, repeating-radial-gradient.