CSS - repeating-linear-gradient Function

August 20, 2024

Categories: CSS Functions, CSS Reference, Reference

Quick Reference

The repeating-linear-gradient() function is used to repeat linear gradients. See the linear-gradient() function for more details.

/* repeating linear gradient */
div {
    background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(red 10%, blue 30%);
}

/* repeating conic gradient with defined color-starts and color-stops */
div {
    background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, red, blue 10%, green 15%);
}

Syntax

repeating-linear-gradient(angle | to side-or-corner, color-stop1, color-stop2)

Values

Value	Description
angle	Defines an angle of direction for the gradient from 0deg to 360deg (default is 180deg)
side-or-corner	Defines the position of the starting-point of the gradient line; it consists of two keywords: the first one indicates the horizontal side, left or right, and the second one the vertical side, top or bottom
color-stop1, color-stop2,...	Color stops are the colors you want to render smooth transitions among; this value consists of a color value, followed by an optional stop position (a percentage between 0% and 100% or a length along the gradient axis)

CSS Notes:

The “inherit”, “initial” and “unset” keywords can be used with any CSS property to set its value
In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property

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