Color spaces

sRGB, CIELAB, OKLCH and the rest: what each color space is for, and which one to reach for when.

2 articles

OKLCH vs HSL: the end of guessing at lightness

HSL lies about lightness, and every palette built on it inherits the lie. OKLCH tells the truth, which turns out to change how you build color ramps entirely.

24 Aug 2026 3 min read

Color spaces

Why your CSS gradient has a gray band in the middle

Blue to yellow should pass through green. In sRGB it passes through mud. The cause is a straight line drawn through the wrong color space, and the fix is now one keyword of CSS.

15 Aug 2026 3 min read