Rainbow gradient on text in CSS
Here is how you can create basic rainbow linear gradient (without integration with text yet):
#grad1 {
height: 200px;
background: red; /* For browsers that do not support gradients */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* For Safari 5.1 to 6.0 */
background: -o-linear-gradient(right, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* For Opera 11.1 to 12.0 */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(right, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* For Firefox 3.6 to 15 */
background: linear-gradient(to right, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* Standard syntax (must be last) */
}
<div id="grad1"></div>
Or alternatively, you can use one of the gradient generators (I prefer this one).
And here is the text integration:
#grad1 {
background: red;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet);
background: -o-linear-gradient(right, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(right, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet);
background: linear-gradient(to right, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
font-size: 20vw;
}
<h1 id="grad1">Fake Text</h1>
Main parts here are background-clip
and text-fill-color
properties, but be ready, that not all browsers will support it. For more info about browser compatibility check sections with the same names near the bottoms of these pages:
background-clip
text-fill-color
P.S. Drawing a line is pretty simple, you just need to use a gradient and define some styles to make this block the right form, for example:
#grad1 {
background: red; /* For browsers that do not support gradients */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* For Safari 5.1 to 6.0 */
background: -o-linear-gradient(right, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* For Opera 11.1 to 12.0 */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(right, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* For Firefox 3.6 to 15 */
background: linear-gradient(to right, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet); /* Standard syntax (must be last) */
}
.line {
height: 6px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
<div id="grad1" class="line"></div>
I tend to use this gradient generator. Add colours at different points and use the rotate option.
It will generate the CSS for you.
In CSS file:
.rainbow {
background-image: -webkit-gradient( linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #f22), color-stop(0.15, #f2f), color-stop(0.3, #22f), color-stop(0.45, #2ff), color-stop(0.6, #2f2),color-stop(0.75, #2f2), color-stop(0.9, #ff2), color-stop(1, #f22) );
background-image: gradient( linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #f22), color-stop(0.15, #f2f), color-stop(0.3, #22f), color-stop(0.45, #2ff), color-stop(0.6, #2f2),color-stop(0.75, #2f2), color-stop(0.9, #ff2), color-stop(1, #f22) );
color:transparent;
border: 2px dotted white;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
}
Result
If you need that same gradient for the text use something like this.
h1 {
background: linear-gradient(to right, orange , yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
font-size: 60px;
line-height: 60px;
}
<h1>100% Unicorn</h1>
But text-fill-color isn´t supported in Internet Explorer. So perhaps its better to use transparent png or svg in foreground.