This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The <feFlood> SVG filter primitive fills the filter subregion with the color and opacity defined by flood-color and flood-opacity.
This element implements the SVGFEFloodElement interface.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="200" height="200">
<defs>
<filter id="floodFilter" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
<feFlood
x="50"
y="50"
width="100"
height="100"
flood-color="green"
flood-opacity="0.5" />
</filter>
</defs>
<use filter="url(#floodFilter)" />
</svg>
| Specification |
|---|
| Filter Effects Module Level 1> # feFloodElement> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
feFlood |
5 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
<filter><animate><set><feBlend><feColorMatrix><feComponentTransfer><feComposite><feConvolveMatrix><feDiffuseLighting><feDisplacementMap><feGaussianBlur><feImage><feMerge><feMorphology><feOffset><feSpecularLighting><feTile><feTurbulence>
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/feFlood