How to Achieve Smooth Gradient Animations in CSS Using `background-position`?

How to Animate Gradients Smoothly Using CSS

Animating gradients in CSS can be tricky, especially if you want to achieve smooth transitions. One approach that yields inconsistent results involves abruptly altering the position of the gradient.

Consider the following code:

.animated {<br>  width: 300px;<br>  height: 300px;<br>  border: 1px solid black;<br>  animation: gra 5s infinite;<br>  animation-direction: reverse;<br>  -webkit-animation: gra 5s infinite;<br>  -webkit-animation-direction: reverse;<br>  animation-timing-function: linear;<br>  -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;<br>}</p><p>@keyframes gra {<br>  0% {</p><div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff670f 0%, #ff670f 21%, #ffffff 56%, #0eea57 88%);

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}
50% {

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff670f 0%, #ff670f 10%, #ffffff 40%, #0eea57 60%);

}
100% {

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff670f 0%, #ff670f 5%, #ffffff 10%, #0eea57 40%);

}
}

This code creates a gradient animation, but it abruptly changes its position, resulting in a choppy effect. To resolve this issue, we can use the background-position property within keyframes to smoothly move the gradient.

Here's an improved CSS code that achieves a smooth gradient animation:

<h1 id="gradient">gradient</h1><p>{</p><div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">height:300px;
width:300px;
border:1px solid black;
font-size:30px;
background: linear-gradient(130deg, #ff7e00, #ffffff, #5cff00);
background-size: 200% 200%;

-webkit-animation: Animation 5s ease infinite;
-moz-animation: Animation 5s ease infinite;
animation: Animation 5s ease infinite;

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}

@-webkit-keyframes Animation {

0%{background-position:10% 0%}
50%{background-position:91% 100%}
100%{background-position:10% 0%}

}
@-moz-keyframes Animation {

0%{background-position:10% 0%}
50%{background-position:91% 100%}
100%{background-position:10% 0%}

}
@keyframes Animation {

0%{background-position:10% 0%}
50%{background-position:91% 100%}
100%{background-position:10% 0%}

}