How to create linear gradient background using CSS ?

Last Updated : 15 May, 2023

In CSS, we can use the background-color property to set the background color of an element to a specific color. Sometimes we want to add more styling to the element when setting the background color by using the linear-gradient property. CSS linear-gradient property lets you display smooth transitions between two or more colors.

Syntax:

background-image: linear-gradient(direction, color1, color2, ...);

Parameters:

direction: Specify the direction of the transition. The default value is 180deg (if not specified).
color1: Specify the first color.
color2: Specify the second color.

Note: You can specify as many colors as you want.

Example 1: In this example, we are using the above method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        /* Remove the default padding and 
           margin of all HTML tags */
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        /* Implementation of linear-gradient property */
        #lin_grad {

            /* Set the height of the div to 
               the entire screen */
            height: 100vh;

            /* linear-gradient syntax */
            background-image: linear-gradient(lightblue, darkblue);
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="lin_grad"></div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Example 2: This demonstrates the setting of direction. In the above HTML code, just change the "background-image" property value in the CSS part of the head section as given below.

Syntax:

background-image: linear-gradient(to right, lightblue, darkblue)

Example: Here we are following above explained approach.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        /* Remove the default padding and
        margin of all HTML tags */
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        /* Implementation of linear-gradient property */
        #lin_grad {

            /* Set the height of the div to
            the entire screen */
            height: 100vh;

            /* linear-gradient syntax */
            background-image: linear-gradient(to right, lightblue, darkblue)
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="lin_grad"></div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Example 3: This demonstrates the setting of direction in degree. In the above HTML first code, just change the "background-image" property value in the CSS part of the head section as given below.

Syntax:

background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, white, lightgreen, darkblue);

Example: Here we are using the above syntax.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        /* Remove the default padding and
        margin of all HTML tags */
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        /* Implementation of linear-gradient property */
        #lin_grad {

            /* Set the height of the div to
            the entire screen */
            height: 100vh;

            /* linear-gradient syntax */
            background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, white, lightgreen, darkblue);
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="lin_grad"></div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Example 4: This demonstrates the setting of the position for each color. If you don't specify the location of a color, it is placed halfway between its preceding color and the color that follows it. The two gradients given below are equivalent. In the above HTML first code, just change the "background-image" in the CSS part of the head section as given below.

Syntax:

background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, white, lightgreen, darkblue)
background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, white 0%, 
        lightgreen 50%, darkblue 100%)

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        /* Remove the default padding and
        margin of all HTML tags */
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        /* Implementation of linear-gradient property */
        #lin_grad {

            /* Set the height of the div to
            the entire screen */
            height: 100vh;

            /* linear-gradient syntax */
            background-image: 
                  linear-gradient(90deg, white, lightgreen, darkblue) 
                  background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, white 0%,
                    lightgreen 50%, darkblue 100%)
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="lin_grad"></div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Let us change the % value of the light green color and see what happens.

Syntax:

background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, white 0%, 
    lightgreen 80%, darkblue 100%)

Example: