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Gradient Border with Two Backgrounds

This UI trick creates a vibrant gradient border around a card by layering two backgrounds: a solid fill clipped to the padding-box and a gradient clipped to the border-box. A transparent CSS border then allows the underlying gradient to show through, resulting in a crisp, scalable gradient outline. The effect can be instantly re-themed by animating a CSS hue variable.

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