diff --git a/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/gradient-bar/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/gradient-bar/index.tsx
index 4f5eafb17523b4..44deda8ec481d8 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/gradient-bar/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/gradient-bar/index.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ import type {
 } from '../types';
 import type { MouseEventHandler } from 'react';
 
+const isLightGradient = (
+	background: React.CSSProperties[ 'background' ]
+): boolean => {
+	if ( typeof background !== 'string' ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return (
+		background.includes( 'rgb(255, 255, 255)' ) ||
+		background.includes( '#fff' ) ||
+		background.includes( '#ffffff' ) ||
+		background.includes( 'white' ) ||
+		// Check for rgba with high values.
+		/rgba?\(\s*(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d{2}|[1-9]\d|\d),\s*(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d{2}|[1-9]\d|\d),\s*(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d{2}|[1-9]\d|\d)(?:,\s*(?:0?\.\d+|1))?\s*\)/.test(
+			background
+		)
+	);
+};
+
 const customGradientBarReducer = (
 	state: CustomGradientBarReducerState,
 	action: CustomGradientBarReducerAction
@@ -135,7 +154,11 @@ export default function CustomGradientBar( {
 		<div
 			className={ clsx(
 				'components-custom-gradient-picker__gradient-bar',
-				{ 'has-gradient': hasGradient }
+				{
+					'has-gradient': hasGradient,
+					'has-light-gradient':
+						hasGradient && isLightGradient( background ),
+				}
 			) }
 			onMouseEnter={ onMouseEnterAndMove }
 			onMouseMove={ onMouseEnterAndMove }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/style.scss b/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/style.scss
index b9f2bee9dbe4eb..112f46e7d0d59c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/style.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/custom-gradient-picker/style.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ $components-custom-gradient-picker__padding: $grid-unit-20; // 48px container, 1
 	position: relative;
 	z-index: 1;
 
+	border: 1px solid $components-color-accent;
+	box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+
+	&.has-light-gradient {
+		border: 1px solid $gray-900;
+		box-shadow:
+			inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1),
+			0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+	}
+
 	&.has-gradient {
 		// The background image creates a checkerboard pattern. Ignore rtlcss to
 		// make it work both in LTR and RTL.