Gradient Link

How it works

Gradient Link is a static interactive & advanced text effect rendered entirely in CSS. A data-text attribute mirrors the word into ::before/::after layers, so copy that attribute together with the CSS.

Controls

Gradient Link exposes 2 dedicated controls — Hue and Hue Shift — on top of the shared type controls (font, weight, letter-spacing and case). Open it in the generator to tune every value live, then copy the updated CSS.

CSS

/* Gradient Link — generated with TEXT-FX
 * HTML: the element needs a data-text attribute equal to its text.
 * Font: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif (load from Google Fonts).
 */

.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 4px;
  text-transform: none;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  color: hsl(219 14% 86%);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.text-effect::before {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, hsl(219 70% 70%), hsl(278 64% 64%));
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.35s ease;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.text-effect:hover::before {
  opacity: 1;
}

HTML

This effect needs the markup below (per-letter spans, SVG defs, or a data-text attribute).

<style>
.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 4px;
  text-transform: none;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  color: hsl(219 14% 86%);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.text-effect::before {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, hsl(219 70% 70%), hsl(278 64% 64%));
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.35s ease;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.text-effect:hover::before {
  opacity: 1;
}
</style>

<div data-text="Your text" class="text-effect">Your text</div>

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