How to create linear gradient text using HTML and CSS ?
The linear-gradient is a kind of text-styling in which the text is filled with linear-gradient color codes. These kinds of effects are generally used in dark-themed websites or apps to make the text look attractive and bold. They are almost suitable for dark themes and do not go well with the lighter themes.
Approach: Please refer linear-gradient() method to sreate a gradient background and then use webkit properties to overlay that background with our text.
HTML Code: In the following section, the text used for demonstration is wrapped inside h1 tag.
<!-- Write HTML code here --><!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content= "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Gradient Text</title> </head><body> <h1>GEEKSFORGEEKS</h1> </body></html> |
CSS Code: For CSS code, please follow the steps given below.
- Step 1: Apply a basic background to the body tag and align the text to center of the page.
- Step 2: Do some basic styling like font-size and family etc.
- Step 3: Apply the linear gradient property with any colors of your choice.
- Step 4: Now apply webkit properties, the first one will make the whole gradient-background transparent and the second property will fill the text with the gradient background.
Note: You can apply some shadow to the text to give it a darker or matte finishing kind of look.
<style> body { background: rgb(39, 39, 39); } h1 { position: absolute; top: 40%; left: 40%; font-size: 40px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: linear-gradient( to right, #f32170, #ff6b08, #cf23cf, #eedd44); -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; -webkit-background-clip: text; }</style> |
Complete Code: It is the combination of the above two sections of code.
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content= "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Gradient Text</title> <style> body { background: rgb(39, 39, 39); } h1 { position: absolute; top: 40%; left: 40%; font-size: 40px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: linear-gradient(to right, #f32170, #ff6b08, #cf23cf, #eedd44); -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; -webkit-background-clip: text; } </style></head> <body> <h1>GEEKSFORGEEKS</h1></body> </html> |
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