Minecraft Gradient Text Generator

Quick guide

How to make Minecraft gradient text

1. Enter your text. Short names produce larger color steps, while longer messages make the transition appear smoother.
2. Choose two to five colors. Use the color pickers, enter precise six-digit hex values, select a preset, or reverse the gradient.
3. Add formatting. Apply bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough styling and verify it in the live preview.
4. Select the destination format. MiniMessage is compact, while expanded hex and section-code formats assign a color to every character.
5. Copy and test. Paste the generated value into the configuration, command, or field that documents support for the selected syntax.

Choose the format your server or plugin accepts

The preview can look the same even when the required source text is completely different. Check the documentation for the exact field where you plan to paste the output.

MiniMessage officially supports gradients with one or more named or hex colors and an optional phase. See the current PaperMC MiniMessage gradient documentation for the parser specification. Individual plugins may enable, restrict, or extend supported tags.

How RGB gradient text works

A gradient is calculated by placing the chosen colors along the length of the text. The generator interpolates the red, green, and blue channels between each pair of color stops, then assigns the resulting hex color to each character.

With two stops, the transition runs directly from the first color to the second. Additional stops create several connected transitions, which makes effects such as fire, ocean, or portal-style palettes possible without manually coloring every letter.

The compact MiniMessage output keeps the color stops in one gradient tag. Ampersand, legacy, escaped MOTD, and JSON output expand the same visual result into per-character colors, so their copied values become much longer.

Compatibility and common problems

The copied text appears without colors

The destination probably does not parse the selected syntax. Try the format documented by that plugin or server field. A browser preview cannot guarantee that every Minecraft server, client, plugin, proxy, or configuration accepts the same markup.

The output gets cut off

Per-character formats add a color code before every character, and formatting codes add even more. Check the destination's length limit or use MiniMessage when it is supported.

The gradient looks stepped

Each character represents one color step. Very short text has fewer steps available, so strongly contrasting colors appear more separated. Add a middle color or use closer shades for a softer short gradient.

MiniMessage tags in my text changed the result

This generator treats your message as plain text and escapes opening tag characters in its MiniMessage output. The generated gradient and formatting controls remain active while text you enter stays literal.

Frequently asked questions