shape-image-threshold

shape-outside: linear-gradient(
  50deg,
  rgb(77 26 103),
  transparent 80%,
  transparent
);
shape-image-threshold: 0.2;

shape-outside: linear-gradient(
  50deg,
  rgb(77 26 103),
  transparent 80%,
  transparent
);
shape-image-threshold: 0.4;

shape-outside: linear-gradient(
  50deg,
  rgb(77 26 103),
  transparent 80%,
  transparent
);
shape-image-threshold: 0.6;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="example-container">
    <div class="transition-all" id="example-element"></div>
    We had agreed, my companion and I, that I should call for him at his house,
    after dinner, not later than eleven o’clock. This athletic young Frenchman
    belongs to a small set of Parisian sportsmen, who have taken up “ballooning”
    as a pastime. After having exhausted all the sensations that are to be found
    in ordinary sports, even those of “automobiling” at a breakneck speed, the
    members of the “Aéro Club” now seek in the air, where they indulge in all
    kinds of daring feats, the nerve-racking excitement that they have ceased to
    find on earth.
  </div>
</section>

.example-container {
  text-align: left;
  padding: 20px;
}

#example-element {
  float: left;
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  margin: 20px;
  background-image: linear-gradient(
    50deg,
    rgb(77 26 103),
    transparent 80%,
    transparent
  );
}

/* <number> value */
shape-image-threshold: 0.7;

/* Global values */
shape-image-threshold: inherit;
shape-image-threshold: initial;
shape-image-threshold: revert;
shape-image-threshold: revert-layer;
shape-image-threshold: unset;

<div id="gradient-shape"></div>

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</p>

#gradient-shape {
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  float: left;
  background-image: linear-gradient(30deg, black, transparent 80%, transparent);
  shape-outside: linear-gradient(30deg, black, transparent 80%, transparent);
  shape-image-threshold: 0.2;
}