Minecraft Color Text Generator
Build colored and gradient text for chat, MOTDs, signs, ranks and nicknames. Live preview, hex gradients, and copy in whichever format your server wants.
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Which format do I need?
Use & codes for anything you paste into a plugin config, a rank prefix or a chat format — Spigot, Paper and most plugins translate them automatically. Use § codes when something wants the raw character. Use MOTD escaped for the motd line in server.properties, which cannot hold a raw section sign. Use JSON for commands, datapacks and anything that takes a text component, like tellraw or a written book.
Gradients need a modern server
Full hex colors arrived with Minecraft 1.16 on the server side. If your server is older, or you are targeting vanilla chat, switch to Classic and pick from the sixteen codes instead — a gradient written in hex will simply show as literal text on a server that does not understand it.
FAQ
How do I make colored text in Minecraft?
Type your text above, pick a color or a gradient, and copy the result. The tool inserts the color codes for you in whichever format your server needs: ampersand codes for plugin configs, section signs for raw use, or escaped codes for server.properties.
How do gradient names work?
Modern Spigot and Paper servers accept full hex colors written as an ampersand, a hash and six hex digits. A gradient assigns a slightly different hex to each character, which is how rank names fade from one color to another. Older servers only understand the 16 classic codes, so use Classic mode there.
Why does my formatting disappear halfway through?
A color code clears bold, italic and the rest. When the tool writes a gradient it re-applies your formatting after every color change, which is exactly what you have to do by hand otherwise.
What is the character limit for a server MOTD?
The MOTD line has limited space and color codes count toward it, so a heavy gradient eats the budget quickly. The counter above shows both your visible characters and the full coded length so you can see the real cost.