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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 lighter themes.

Approach

Please refer linear-gradient() method to create a gradient background and then use webkit properties to overlay that background with our text.



Example: In the following section, the text used for demonstration is wrapped inside the h1 tag.




<!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>

Note: You can apply some shadow to the text to give it a darker or matte finishing kind of look.






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;
}

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>

Output:


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