css-magic-gradient

Generate CSS gradients (linear, radial, conic) with zero dependencies. TypeScript-first, Vue plugin included.

Installation

npm install css-magic-gradient

Usage (Vanilla/TypeScript)

import { createLinearGradient, createRadialGradient, createConicGradient } from 'css-magic-gradient';

const linear = createLinearGradient('#ff0000');
const radial = createRadialGradient('#00ff00');
const conic = createConicGradient('#0000ff');

API & Options

Linear Gradient

createLinearGradient(baseColor, options?)

• baseColor (string): Base color (hex, CSS variable, etc)
• options (object, optional):
  • offsetPercent (number): Brightness offset for the start color, -100 to 100 (default: 15)
  • direction (string): CSS direction, e.g. 'to right', 'to bottom', or custom (default: 'to bottom')
  • angle (number): Angle in degrees (overrides direction)
  • fallbackColor (string): Fallback color if variable not found (default: '#f5e477')

Custom color stops example:

For fully custom color stops and positions, pass an array of stops as the first argument to createLinearGradient:

import { createLinearGradient } from 'css-magic-gradient';

const gradient = createLinearGradient([
  { color: '#00f', position: '0%' },
  { color: '#fff', opacity: 0.5, position: '50%' },
  { color: '#f00', position: '100%' }
], {
  direction: 'to right'
});
// Produces a linear gradient with custom color stops and positions

Radial Gradient

createRadialGradient(baseColor, options?)

• baseColor (string): Base color
• options (object, optional):
  • offsetPercent (number): Brightness offset for the start color (default: 15)
  • fallbackColor (string): Fallback color (default: '#f5e477')
  • shape ('circle' | 'ellipse'): Shape of the gradient (default: 'ellipse')
  • size (string | { width: string, height: string }): Size, e.g. '50% 50%' or object (default: 'farthest-corner')
  • position (string): Center position, e.g. 'center', '50% 50%' (default: 'center')
  • useCustomColors (boolean): Use custom color stops (see below)
  • colors (array): Custom color stops: { color, opacity?, position? }
  • layers (array): Multi-layer gradients, each with its own shape/size/colors

Custom color stops example:

createRadialGradient('#00f', {
	useCustomColors: true,
	colors: [
		{ color: '#00f', position: '0%' },
		{ color: '#fff', opacity: 0.5, position: '100%' }
	]
})

Conic Gradient

createConicGradient(baseColor, options?)

• baseColor (string): Base color
• options (object, optional):
  • fromAngle (number): Start angle in degrees (default: 0)
  • position (string): Center position (default: '50% 50%')
  • fallbackColor (string): Fallback color (default: '#f5e477')
  • colors (array): Custom color stops: { color, opacity?, position? }
  • hueRotation (boolean): Use hue rotation for steps (default: false)
  • steps (number): Number of steps for auto-generation (default: 8)
  • offsetPercent (number): Brightness offset for steps (default: 20)

Custom color stops example:

createConicGradient('#f00', {
	colors: [
		{ color: '#f00', position: '0%' },
		{ color: '#0f0', position: '50%' },
		{ color: '#00f', position: '100%' }
	]
})

Color Utilities

The package also exports a set of helper utilities for working with colors. Import them from the package, for example: import { normalizeHex, isHexColor } from 'css-magic-gradient'.

• isCssVariable: Check if a string is a CSS variable (e.g. var(--main)).
• isHexColor: Detect hex color strings (3- or 6-digit, with or without #).
• isRgbColor: Detect rgb() / rgba() color strings.
• isHslColor: Detect hsl() / hsla() color strings.
• getColorType: Returns the color type: hex, css-var, rgb, hsl, named, or unknown.
• extractCssVariableName: Extracts the CSS variable name from var(--name).
• normalizeHex: Normalizes and validates hex strings, returns a 6-digit lowercase hex (fallback #f5e477).
• hexToRgb: Convert a hex color to an [r, g, b] tuple.
• hexToRgba: Convert a hex color to an rgba(...) string with opacity.
• hexToHsl: Convert a hex color to an [h, s, l] tuple.
• hslToHex: Convert HSL values to a hex color string.
• adjustHexBrightness: Lighten or darken a hex color by a percentage offset.
• rotateHue: Rotate the hue of a hex color by degrees.

Vue 3 Plugin & Reactive Hooks

This package provides a Vue 3 plugin and composition API hooks for fully reactive gradients.

Register plugin (optional)

import { createApp } from 'vue';
import App from './App.vue';
import { VueGradientPlugin } from 'css-magic-gradient';

const app = createApp(App);
app.use(VueGradientPlugin);

Usage in setup()

import { ref } from 'vue';
import { useLinearGradient, useRadialGradient, useConicGradient } from 'css-magic-gradient';

const color = ref('#ff0000');
const options = ref({ direction: 'to right' });

const linearGradient = useLinearGradient(color, options); // ComputedRef<string>
const radialGradient = useRadialGradient(color);
const conicGradient = useConicGradient(color);

Usage via globalProperties (if plugin registered)

// In any component:
const gradient = this.$useLinearGradient('#00f');

Author

Danil Lisin Vladimirovich aka Macrulez

GitHub: macrulezru

Website: macrulez.ru

License

MIT