Create gradient backgrounds on your Mac or PC. On-brand, offline.

How it works

How to make a gradient background on Mac or Windows

1. 1 Start from

   • Colors
   • Canvas dimensions

   Start from a style or look

   Mesh, silk, waves, blobs, or a linear, radial or conic gradient. The gallery has starting looks too.

2. 2 Set it

   • Mesh
   • Silk
   • Linear

   Use your colors and size

   Build from your brand palette, set the width and height, then pan, zoom and rotate to frame it.

3. 3 Export

   • PNG
   • MP4
   • WebM

   Finish and export

   Add grain, a vignette, blur or contrast, then save a PNG. The same settings always give the same image.

New to Hangar? How to run a tool, step by step

Choose a style

From soft mesh to a clean fade, in your colors.

Styles change the shape of the color, not the palette. Try the same brand colors as mesh, silk or a straight gradient and keep the one that fits the design.

• Mesh

  Soft color pools that blend into each other.

  Best for hero images and slide backgrounds.

• Silk

  Flowing folds, like light on fabric.

  Best for launch graphics and wallpapers.

• Linear

  A clean fade from one color to the next.

  Best for social cards and quiet backdrops.

Every setting, explained in the Gradients guide Presets and color field · Colors · Size · Finishing · Motion

Who uses it

Who uses Gradients

• Designers

  Backgrounds that are actually yours

  Skip the stock search and generate a backdrop in the client’s exact colors at the size the layout needs.

• Marketers

  A campaign look across every asset

  Use one palette for the slide, the social card and the banner so the whole launch matches.

  Hangar for marketers and content teams
• Presenters

  Slide backgrounds that are not templates

  Make a calm, branded background for a deck in a few minutes, at the slide’s exact size.

The alternative

Why not use a free gradient website?

Free gradient sites are great for a quick two-color fade. When you want a rich, on-brand background at a real size, here is how they compare.