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<circle>

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The <circle> SVG element is an SVG basic shape, used to draw circles based on a center point and a radius.

Usage context

Categories Basic shape element, Graphics element, Shape element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Animation elements
Descriptive elements

Attributes

cx

The x-axis coordinate of the center of the circle. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

cy

The y-axis coordinate of the center of the circle. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

r

The radius of the circle. A value lower or equal to zero disables rendering of the circle. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

pathLength

The total length for the circle's circumference, in user units. Value type: <number>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, cx, cy, and r are Geometry Properties, meaning those attributes can also be used as CSS properties for that element.

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGCircleElement interface.

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" />
</svg>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
circle 1 12 1.5 8 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 3 2
cx 1 12 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2
cy 1 12 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2
fill 1 79 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2
r 1 12 1.5 15 3 18 4 14 2 1.0 4.4 2
systemLanguage 1 12 12 8 3 18 14 14 2 1.0 3 2

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/circle