Aurora Borealis

The northern lights as a ramp: violet bleeding through cold blues into a green-gold horizon. Interpolated in OKLCH, so the band keeps glowing where the hues cross instead of muddying.

Type
Linear
Stops
5
Space
OKLCH
Direction
90deg

The stops behind Aurora Borealis

Endpoints sit closest to blueviolet and gold.

0% · #7700dd L 0.45 · C 0.3 · H 300
25% · #0059ff L 0.55 · C 0.28 · H 260
50% · #00b1c3 L 0.65 · C 0.22 · H 200
75% · #00df2f L 0.78 · C 0.26 · H 145
100% · #ffd000 L 0.88 · C 0.18 · H 90

Create Aurora Borealis in PHP

Build a linear gradient from the catalog stops, then let PHPColor assign their positions.

<?php

use PhpColor\Color\Gradient\Gradient;

$gradient = Gradient::linear(
    90,
    'oklch(0.45 0.30 300)',
    'oklch(0.55 0.28 260)',
    'oklch(0.65 0.22 200)',
    'oklch(0.78 0.26 145)',
    'oklch(0.88 0.18 90)',
);
use PhpColor\Color\Gradient\Gradient; $gradient = Gradient::linear( 90, 'oklch(0.45 0.30 300)', 'oklch(0.55 0.28 260)', 'oklch(0.65 0.22 200)', 'oklch(0.78 0.26 145)', 'oklch(0.88 0.18 90)', );

Inspect and convert its stops

Each stop remains a color object, ready for conversion, contrast checks, or further manipulation.

<?php

foreach ($gradient->getStops() as $stop) {
    echo $stop->color->to('oklch')->toCss();
}
foreach ($gradient->getStops() as $stop) { echo $stop->color->to('oklch')->toCss(); }

Format Aurora Borealis for CSS

Serialize the gradient directly, or choose a wide-gamut notation for every stop.

<?php

$css = $gradient->toCss();
$p3  = $gradient->toCss('display-p3');
$css = $gradient->toCss(); $p3 = $gradient->toCss('display-p3');
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(0.45 0.30 300), oklch(0.55 0.28 260), oklch(0.65 0.22 200), oklch(0.78 0.26 145), oklch(0.88 0.18 90));
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(0.45 0.30 300), oklch(0.55 0.28 260), oklch(0.65 0.22 200), oklch(0.78 0.26 145), oklch(0.88 0.18 90));

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