linear gradient to border code example

Example 1: css gradient border

box-sizing: content-box;
  border-width: 8px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #260B3C, #a053df);
  border-image-slice: 1;

Example 2: linear gradient border

div-border-and-content-background {
  border-top: double 5px transparent;
  
  /* first gradient is for card background, second for border background */
  background-image: linear-gradient(white,white), linear-gradient(to right, grey, black);
  background-clip: padding-box, border-box;
  background-origin: border-box;
  }

Example 3: css border top linear gradient

.bordertest {
    height:300px;
    width:300px;
    border-top:30px solid #c4268c;
    background:#000;
    position:relative;
    margin:1em;
}
.bordertest:first-child:before {
    content:'';
    position:absolute;
    width:100%;
    height:30px;
    background:linear-gradient(to left, #c4268c, #9a0b72);
    top:-30px;
    left:0;
}

Example 4: border gradient css

@import url('//raw.githubusercontent.com/necolas/normalize.css/master/normalize.css');

html {
    /* just for showing that background doesn't need to be solid */
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #DDD 0%, #FFF 50%, #DDD 100%);
    padding: 10px;
}

.grounded-radiants {
    position: relative;
    border: 4px solid transparent;
    border-radius: 16px;
    background: linear-gradient(orange, violet);
    background-clip: padding-box;
    padding: 10px;
    /* just to show box-shadow still works fine */
    box-shadow: 0 3px 9px black, inset 0 0 9px white;
}

.grounded-radiants::after {
    position: absolute;
    top: -4px; bottom: -4px;
    left: -4px; right: -4px;
    background: linear-gradient(red, blue);
    content: '';
    z-index: -1;
    border-radius: 16px;
}
<p class="grounded-radiants">
    Some text is here.<br/>
    There's even a line break!<br/>
    so cool.
</p>