Gradient Color Palette Generator

Create beautiful stepped gradient palettes between any two colors. Perfect for UI design systems, data visualization, and branding.

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How to Generate Gradient Palettes

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Choose Your Colors

Pick a Start Color and an End Color using the color pickers, or type HEX values directly. The tool works with any two colors.

2

Set the Number of Steps

Use the slider to choose how many intermediate colors you want — from 3 quick swatches up to 20 fine-grained steps.

3

Copy and Use

Click any swatch to copy its HEX code individually, or use the Copy All button to grab the entire palette as a comma-separated list.

Why Use Gradient Palettes

UI Design Systems

Create cohesive color scales for buttons, backgrounds, borders, and text that flow naturally from one hue to another.

Data Visualization

Build color ramps for charts, heatmaps, and maps. Stepped gradients ensure each data bucket has a distinct, perceptible color.

Brand Identity

Develop extended brand color systems that preserve your brand's personality while offering enough variation for different contexts.

HSL Quality

Our HSL interpolation produces vibrant, natural transitions that avoid the muddy midtones common in RGB interpolation.

Frequently Asked Questions

A gradient color palette is a set of colors that smoothly transition from one color to another. A stepped gradient palette breaks this transition into discrete steps, giving you a collection of evenly spaced swatches that can be used individually in UI design, data visualization, branding, and illustration.
Simply pick a Start Color and an End Color using the color pickers or enter HEX codes directly. Choose how many steps you want (3-20) using the slider. The tool automatically generates the stepped gradient palette. You can then click any swatch to copy its HEX code, or use the Copy All button to copy all codes at once.
HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) interpolation independently interpolates each component of the color model. This produces more natural-looking gradients than RGB interpolation, which can create muddy or grayish intermediate colors. HSL interpolation preserves the richness and vibrancy of colors throughout the transition.
Yes, absolutely. All palettes generated on HueGrad are free to use for any purpose, including commercial projects, without attribution. There are no licenses, no sign-ups, and no restrictions. The tool runs entirely in your browser, so your colors never leave your device.
You can generate between 3 and 20 steps in a single gradient palette. The default is 10 steps, which provides a good balance between smooth transitions and usable swatches. For UI color systems, 5-10 steps is typically ideal, while data visualization color ramps often use 7-12 steps.
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