--- title: Ambient UI gradients built with layered CSS blend modes description: Aura is an open-source tool offering over 200 layered CSS gradient designs that use blend modes to create soft, atmospheric lighting effects for UI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ambient-ui-gradients-built-with-layered-css-blend-modes-nsc8zrmdx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ambient UI gradients built with layered CSS blend modes | daily.dev og:description: Aura is an open-source tool offering over 200 layered CSS gradient designs that use blend modes to create soft, atmospheric lighting effects for UI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ambient-ui-gradients-built-with-layered-css-blend-modes-nsc8zrmdx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nSC8ZRMdx.png og:image:alt: Ambient UI gradients built with layered CSS blend modes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ambient UI gradients built with layered CSS blend modes **[Dev Tools](https://daily.dev/sources/devtools)** · [@cristianolivera1](https://daily.dev/cristianolivera1) · 1 min read · 135 upvotes · 20 comments ## Summary Aura is an open-source tool offering over 200 layered CSS gradient designs that use blend modes to create soft, atmospheric lighting effects for UI backgrounds. It includes a live preview, an in-browser customizer for layers, blur, and opacity, a grain overlay toggle, multi-format code export (CSS, Tailwind, CSS Variables, CSS-in-JS), and an AI prompt sync feature to recreate gradients in ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot. Built with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript, and available on GitHub. ## Content Gradients can completely transform an interface, but crafting organic, smooth, and atmospheric color transitions in pure CSS is tough. That is why I built **Aura** — a collection of over 200+ layered gradients designed with soft CSS blend modes that mimic natural light. Here is what you can do with it: - **Live Preview:** Hover any card to test the glow instantly or browse in fullscreen mode. - **In-Browser Customizer:** Add, reorder, or tweak layers, blend modes, blur, and opacity. - **Analog Film Finish:** Toggle a fine grain overlay for a beautiful, organic texture. - **Multi-Format Export:** Copy clean code instantly in CSS, Tailwind, CSS Variables, or CSS-in-JS. - **AI Prompt Sync:** One click copies a structured prompt to rebuild the exact gradient inside ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot. Built entirely using **Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript**. It is fully open-source and free to use! Check it out, play with the editor, and drop these backgrounds behind your apps. I’d love to hear your feedback! **GitHub Repository:** [https://github.com/CristianOlivera1/Aura](https://github.com/CristianOlivera1/Aura) ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 5 upvotes > Cool. very similar to this tool [https://gradientsaas.blogspot.com](https://gradientsaas.blogspot.com/) **@raulsanchez** · 2 upvotes > Incredible gradients, thanks. **@codexsavage6s** · 1 upvotes > Quite a coincidence I was looking for something like this. **@vikasganiga05** · 1 upvotes > Ayo, they look cool 🙂 **@petecapecod** · 1 upvotes > Awesome I love I good gradient 🍻 feels like nowadays they need some animation too. > > Cool project! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [This Add-On Brings Adaptive UI Colour to Firefox](https://daily.dev/posts/this-add-on-brings-adaptive-ui-colour-to-firefox-ean5p5yqt) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design), [#tailwind-css](https://daily.dev/tags/tailwind-css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ambient-ui-gradients-built-with-layered-css-blend-modes-nsc8zrmdx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/ambient-ui-gradients-built-with-layered-css-blend-modes-nsc8zrmdx","headline":"Ambient UI gradients built with layered CSS blend modes","text":"Aura is an open-source tool offering over 200 layered CSS gradient designs that use blend modes to create soft, atmospheric lighting effects for UI backgrounds. 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