background color gradient in css code example

Example 1: gradient image css

#show_bg_2 {
 
background-image:
  /*two color gradient over an image*/
linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(245, 246, 252, 0.52), 
rgba(117, 19, 93, 0.73)),url('images/background.jpg');
 
width: 80%;
height: 400px;
background-size: cover;
}

Example 2: css gradient

.yourElementClass{
  background: linear-gradient(to top, #fff000 0%, #000fff 100%);
  /* 1st property: from where the 100% starts */
  /* 2nd property: the first color */
  /* 3rd property: the second color */
  /* to add some colors to the gradient, do the same thing of 2nd and 3rd properties, edit the color and the color-stop */
}

Example 3: gradient css background

/*From bottom to top*/
background: rgb(166,166,166);
background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(166,166,166,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 29%);

Example 4: linear gradient in CSS

The general syntax of linear-gradient is-
background: linear-gradient(gradient direction, color1 , color2 , color3, .....);

Forexample-
background: linear-gradient(46deg,green,blue,yellow,pink);

NOTE: (common mistake) we forget to write the semi-colon (;)

Example 5: css gradient

background: linear-gradient(Direction (keyword or degrees), color1 10% (10% width), color2 width (it's not neccessary), ...);