Gradient

Bootstrap gradient

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The Bootstrap gradient effect is a linear color progression - a smooth transition between two colors.The gradient effect can be used in a variety of components.

Gradients are now coming back to website design, so it's a good idea to try them out in your projects.

Basic gradients

The four bright gradients, that are most commonly used in MDB.

purple-gradient

blue-gradient

aqua-gradient

peach-gradient

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        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-3 mb-4">
              <div class="purple-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1"></div>
              <h5 class="mb-0">purple-gradient</h5>
            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-3 mb-4">
              <div class="blue-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1"></div>
              <h5 class="mb-0">blue-gradient</h5>
            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-3 mb-4">
              <div class="aqua-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1"></div>
              <h5 class="mb-0">aqua-gradient</h5>
            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-3 mb-4">
              <div class="peach-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1"></div>
              <h5 class="mb-0">peach-gradient</h5>
            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

Additional gradients

Below, you have lighter, gentle, eye-catching gradients options.

warm-flame-gradient

night-fade-gradient

spring-warmth-gradient

juicy-peach-gradient

young-passion-gradient

rainy-ashville-gradient

sunny-morning-gradient

lady-lips-gradient

winter-neva-gradient

frozen-dreams-gradient

dusty-grass-gradient

tempting-azure-gradient

heavy-rain-gradient

amy-crisp-gradient

mean-fruit-gradient

deep-blue-gradient

ripe-malinka-gradient

cloudy-knoxville-gradient

morpheus-den-gradient

rare-wind-gradient

near-moon-gradient

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        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="warm-flame-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>warm-flame-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="night-fade-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>night-fade-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="spring-warmth-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>spring-warmth-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="juicy-peach-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>juicy-peach-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="young-passion-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>young-passion-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4">
            <div class="rainy-ashville-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>rainy-ashville-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="sunny-morning-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>sunny-morning-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="lady-lips-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>lady-lips-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="winter-neva-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>winter-neva-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="frozen-dreams-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>frozen-dreams-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="dusty-grass-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>dusty-grass-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="tempting-azure-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>tempting-azure-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="heavy-rain-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>heavy-rain-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="amy-crisp-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>amy-crisp-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="mean-fruit-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>mean-fruit-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="deep-blue-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>deep-blue-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="ripe-malinka-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>ripe-malinka-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4">
            <div class="cloudy-knoxville-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>cloudy-knoxville-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="morpheus-den-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>morpheus-den-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="rare-wind-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>rare-wind-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4 mb-4">
            <div class="near-moon-gradient color-block mb-3 mx-auto rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"></div>
            <h5>near-moon-gradient</h5>
          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

Gradient on an image

Before

After

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        <div class="img-gradient">
          <img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Horizontal/Nature/6-col/img (122).webp" class="img-fluid" alt="My photo">
        </div>

        
            
        .img-gradient{
          position:relative;
          display:inline-block;
        }
        .img-gradient:after {
          content:'';
          position:absolute;
          left:0; top:0;
          width:100%; height:100%;
          display:inline-block;
          background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
          background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5)), color-stop(100%,rgba(0,47,75,0.5))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
          background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
          background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
          background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* IE10+ */
          background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* W3C */
          filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#002f4b', endColorstr='#00000000',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
        }
        .img-gradient img{
          display:block;
        }

Gradient overlay on hover

.near-moon-gradient

.cloudy-knoxville-gradient

.rainy-ashville-gradient

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        <div class="row">

          <div class="col-md-4">
              <div class="view overlay">
                  <img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Others/forest-sm.webp" class="img-fluid" alt="Image with a slight blue overlay.">
                  <div class="mask near-moon-gradient"></div>
              </div>
          </div>
  
          <div class="col-md-4">
              <div class="view overlay">
                  <img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Others/forest-sm.webp" class="img-fluid" alt="Image with a slight red overlay.">
                  <div class="mask cloudy-knoxville-gradient"></div>
              </div>
          </div>
  
          <div class="col-md-4">
              <div class="view overlay">
                  <img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Others/forest-sm.webp" class="img-fluid" alt="Image with a slight pink overlay.">
                  <div class="mask rainy-ashville-gradient"></div>
              </div>
          </div>

      </div>

        
            
        
        .overlay .mask:hover {
          opacity: 0.5;
        }

Gradient within cards MDB Pro component

Culinary

Cheat day inspirations

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Button

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            <div class="card card-cascade narrower">

              <!--Card image-->
              <div class="view view-cascade">
                  <img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(147).webp" class="card-img-top" alt="photo">
                  <a>
                      <div class="mask img-gradient"></div>
                  </a>
              </div>
              <!--/.Card image-->

              <!--Card content-->
              <div class="card-body card-body-cascade">
                  <h5 class="pink-text"><i class="fas fa-utensils"></i> Culinary</h5>
                  <!--Title-->
                  <h4 class="card-title">Cheat day inspirations</h4>
                  <!--Text-->
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                  <a class="btn btn-unique waves-effect waves-light">Button</a>
              </div>
              <!--/.Card content-->

            </div>

        
            
            .img-gradient {
              position:relative;
              display:inline-block;
            }
            .img-gradient:after {
              content:'';
              position:absolute;
              left:0; top:0;
              width:100%; height:100%;
              display:inline-block;
              background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
              background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5)), color-stop(100%,rgba(0,47,75,0.5))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
              background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
              background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
              background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* IE10+ */
              background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* W3C */
              filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#002f4b', endColorstr='#00000000',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
            }
            .img-gradient img{
              display:block;
            }

            .img-gradient-overlay { /* FF3.6+ */ /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
              background: -webkit-linear-gradient(rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%);
              background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%);
              background: linear-gradient(rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */ /* Opera 11.10+ */ /* IE10+ */ /* W3C */
              filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#002f4b', endColorstr='#00000000',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
              border-radius: .3rem;
            }

Software

This is a card title

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View project

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            <div class="card card-image mb-3" style="background-image: url('https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Horizontal/City/6-col/img%20(47).webp');">
                <div class="text-white text-center d-flex align-items-center img-gradient-overlay py-5 px-4">
                    <div>
                        <h5 class="orange-text"><i class="fas fa-desktop"></i> Software</h5>
                        <h3 class="card-title pt-2"><strong>This is card title</strong></h3>
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                            Odit sed qui, dolorum!.</p>
                        <a class="btn btn-deep-orange waves-effect waves-light"><i class="far fa-clone left"></i> View project</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

        
            
            .img-gradient {
              position:relative;
              display:inline-block;
            }
            .img-gradient:after {
              content:'';
              position:absolute;
              left:0; top:0;
              width:100%; height:100%;
              display:inline-block;
              background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
              background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5)), color-stop(100%,rgba(0,47,75,0.5))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
              background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
              background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
              background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* IE10+ */
              background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%,rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* W3C */
              filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#002f4b', endColorstr='#00000000',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
            }
            .img-gradient img{
              display:block;
            }

            .img-gradient-overlay { /* FF3.6+ */ /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
              background: -webkit-linear-gradient(rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%);
              background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%);
              background: linear-gradient(rgba(0,47,75,0.5) 0%, rgba(220, 66, 37, 0.5) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */ /* Opera 11.10+ */ /* IE10+ */ /* W3C */
              filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#002f4b', endColorstr='#00000000',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
              border-radius: .3rem;
            }

Testimonial cards with gradients MDB Pro component

Testimonials

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John Doe

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Anna Aston

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Maria Kate

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        <!--Section: Testimonials-->
        <section class="text-center">

            <!--Section heading-->
            <h2 class="h1 pt-4">Testimonials</h2>
            <!--Section description-->
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            <div class="row">

                <!--Grid column-->
                <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 mb-4">

                    <!--Card-->
                    <div class="card testimonial-card">

                        <!--Background color-->
                        <div class="card-up sunny-morning-gradient">
                        </div>

                        <!--Avatar-->
                        <div class="avatar mx-auto"><img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Avatars/img%20(27).webp" class="rounded-circle img-responsive" alt="Example photo">
                        </div>

                        <div class="card-body">
                            <!--Name-->
                            <h4 class="card-title mt-1">John Doe</h4>
                            <hr>
                            <!--Quotation-->
                            <p><i class="fas fa-quote-left"></i> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Eos, adipisci.</p>
                        </div>

                    </div>
                    <!--Card-->

                </div>
                <!--Grid column-->

                <!--Grid column-->
                <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 mb-4">

                    <!--Card-->
                    <div class="card testimonial-card">

                        <!--Background color-->
                        <div class="card-up rainy-ashville-gradient">
                        </div>

                        <!--Avatar-->
                        <div class="avatar mx-auto"><img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Avatars/img%20(20).webp" class="rounded-circle img-responsive" alt="Example photo">
                        </div>

                        <div class="card-body">
                            <!--Name-->
                            <h4 class="card-title mt-1">Anna Aston</h4>
                            <hr>
                            <!--Quotation-->
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                        </div>

                    </div>
                    <!--Card-->

                </div>
                <!--Grid column-->

                <!--Grid column-->
                <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 mb-4">

                    <!--Card-->
                    <div class="card testimonial-card">

                        <!--Background color-->
                        <div class="card-up lady-lips-gradient"></div>

                        <!--Avatar-->
                        <div class="avatar mx-auto"><img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Avatars/img%20(10).webp" class="rounded-circle img-responsive" alt="Example photo">
                        </div>

                        <div class="card-body">
                            <!--Name-->
                            <h4 class="card-title mt-1">Maria Kate</h4>
                            <hr>
                            <!--Quotation-->
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                        </div>

                    </div>
                    <!--Card-->

                </div>
                <!--Grid column-->

            </div>

        </section>
        <!--Section: Testimonials-->

Gradient buttons MDB Pro component

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        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-12 mb-4">

                <a class="btn-floating btn-lg purple-gradient"><i class="fas fa-bolt"></i></a>
                <a class="btn-floating peach-gradient"><i class="fas fa-leaf"></i></a>
                <a class="btn-floating btn-sm blue-gradient"><i class="fas fa-star"></i></a>

            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-12 mb-4">

                <button type="button" class="btn peach-gradient btn-rounded">Primary</button>
                <button type="button" class="btn blue-gradient btn-rounded">Default</button>
                <button type="button" class="btn purple-gradient btn-rounded">Secondary</button>

            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

            <!-- Grid column -->
            <div class="col-md-12">

                <button type="button" class="btn blue-gradient">Primary</button>
                <button type="button" class="btn purple-gradient">Default</button>
                <button type="button" class="btn peach-gradient">Secondary</button>

            </div>
            <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->