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Gradient Text

Real, selectable text filled with colour: an aurora that flows slowly through the letters, brushed metal with a narrow band of light passing over it, or muted letters with a pool of colour that follows the pointer.

The prompt

Copy this text

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Written for the variant you picked above: Aurora

Build a component that fills text with colour, in the single effect selected below, that works inline (one word in a sentence) or as a whole headline. Use background-clip: text on transparent text, with box-decoration-break: clone so the fill carries across line breaks; keep it real text (selectable, with a readable selection colour). In forced-colours mode drop the fill and use CanvasText. Palette (light / dark): teal #0e9f8f / #2dd4bf, blue #2563eb / #60a5fa, violet #7c3aed / #a78bfa, pink #db2777 / #f472b6, orange #ea580c / #fb923c. Light stops are deep enough for large text on a near-white page; dark stops are brighter. Show it in a two-line headline (Inter about 84px, 650, -0.04em, 1.02 leading) under a small uppercase eyebrow and in one inline phrase of a paragraph, on a #fbfbfa panel above a #08090b panel. Selected variant — Aurora (aurora): Aurora: a 100° gradient through teal, blue, violet, pink, orange and back to teal, sized 300% wide and drifting its position from 0% to 100% and back over 14s (ease-in-out, alternate). Copy: 'Make the thing everyone remembers.' with the second half in colour. This selection takes precedence over references to other themes or options in the general brief. Implement this selected appearance; do not add a variant picker or alternative appearances unless requested. Implementation requirements: Use React and TypeScript. Keep the component self-contained, with uniquely scoped CSS and no animation libraries. Include required imports, styles and font setup in the result. Interaction: Text stays selectable and copyable; nothing else responds unless the effect follows the pointer. Motion: Pure CSS where it can be; reduced motion or motion={false} leaves a still, legible gradient. Accessibility: It's ordinary text, so screen readers read it normally. Colours keep large-text contrast on their page; forced-colours mode falls back to the system text colour. Responsive behavior: Sizes come from the container width; the fill follows the text across line breaks. Touch: Touch shows the slow drift (or the still fill); nothing depends on a pointer. Preserve keyboard access, visible focus and reduced-motion behavior. Keep fictional demo data and simulated service calls in a separate usage example; expose callbacks for real actions and recover from rejected requests. Keep usage-example links inside the demo: use local buttons or prevent navigation. Demonstration links must not navigate to Vitrine routes or open other pages; preserve real URL support in the reusable component itself. Verify the result at narrow and wide viewport sizes, with keyboard input and reduced motion enabled.

Notes

Interaction
Text stays selectable and copyable; nothing else responds unless the effect follows the pointer.
Motion
Pure CSS where it can be; reduced motion or motion={false} leaves a still, legible gradient.
Accessibility
It's ordinary text, so screen readers read it normally. Colours keep large-text contrast on their page; forced-colours mode falls back to the system text colour.
Responsive
Sizes come from the container width; the fill follows the text across line breaks.
On touch
Touch shows the slow drift (or the still fill); nothing depends on a pointer.

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