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Cherry Picking to Cold Press Coffee Gradient

CSS

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #620b15 0%, #6c2e09 100%);

From Cherry Picking (#620B15) to Cold Press Coffee (#6C2E09). The two hues are 29° apart on the color wheel, close enough that the blend stays clean without a muddy middle.

Colors along the gradient

NameHEXRGBHSLCMYK
Cherry Picking#620B1598, 11, 21353°, 80%, 21%0, 89, 79, 62
25% (near Sanguine)#651412101, 20, 181°, 70%, 23%0, 80, 82, 60
50% (near Prune)#671D0F103, 29, 1510°, 75%, 23%0, 72, 85, 60
75% (near Cold Press Coffee)#6A250C106, 37, 1216°, 80%, 23%0, 65, 89, 58
Cold Press Coffee#6C2E09108, 46, 922°, 85%, 23%0, 57, 92, 58

Halfway along, the gradient is #671D0F, closest to the named color Prune. The stops are mixed in RGB, the way browsers draw a linear gradient by default.

Text on this gradient

White text reads best on both ends, so one text color works across the whole gradient. The two end colors have a contrast ratio of 1.29:1, so the change is gentle.

Other ways to use it

Gradients like this work well for page headers, buttons, cards and slide backgrounds. Keep body text on a solid color for the best readability.

Questions

What are the HEX codes of the Cherry Picking to Cold Press Coffee gradient?

It starts at #620B15 (Cherry Picking) and ends at #6C2E09 (Cold Press Coffee), with #671D0F in the middle.

How do I reverse the gradient?

Swap the two colors or change the angle from 90deg to 270deg: linear-gradient(270deg, #620b15, #6c2e09) runs from Cold Press Coffee on the left to Cherry Picking on the right.