CSS3 gradient rendering issues from transparent to white

The trick with a color besides white (and with white actually) is to rgba the actual color that is fading.

background-image: linear-gradient(to right, 
  rgba(111,174,249, 0) 0%,
  rgba(111,174,249, 0) 80%,
  rgb (111,174,249)    100%);

In case the color being used is hex (like #6faef9) use a hex to rgba converter to convert the color.

The CSS I pasted in here was wrong, I was editing the wrong file DOH!

Original CSS not working

background-image: linear-gradient(top, transparent 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, transparent 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, transparent 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, transparent 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, transparent 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);

CSS that fixed the problem

background-image: linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);

Problem being transparent isn't a colour, it is black with 0 alpha, setting to specifically white with 0 alpha fixes the issue. (thanks @carisenda)

This still points on inconsistencies with how browser vendors are dealing with alpha transparency in CSS3 gradients.

I've encountered this as well. I'm not sure why it happens, but here's what I've used in my own projects as a workaround:

background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0.001) 0%, #fff 5%, #fff 100%);

Instead of giving Chrome a "transparent" value, give it something very, very close to transparent. Hope this helps!

Edit: I forgot to post a link to my own version, which renders as expected in Chrome 21 (Windows 7).