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CSS Tip

CSS Graph paper pattern

Create a Graph Paper design using only 2 gradients

A graph paper pattern

html {
--s: 100px; /* control the size */

--_g: #0000 90deg,#366 0;
background:
conic-gradient(from 90deg at 2px 2px,var(--_g))
0 0/var(--s) var(--s),
conic-gradient(from 90deg at 1px 1px,var(--_g))
0 0/calc(var(--s)/5) calc(var(--s)/5);
}

See the Pen CSS only Graph Paper by Temani Afif (@t_afif) on CodePen.