<html>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="150" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">
Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.</canvas>
<script type="text/javascript">
var c=document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx=c.getContext("2d");
var grd=ctx.createLinearGradient(0,0,170,0);
grd.addColorStop(0,"black");
grd.addColorStop(0.5,"red");
grd.addColorStop(1,"white");
ctx.fillStyle=grd;
ctx.fillRect(20,20,150,100);
</script>
</body>
</html>