<style>

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.

The <style> SVG element allows style sheets to be embedded directly within SVG content.

Note: SVG's style element has the same attributes as the corresponding element in HTML (see HTML's <style> element).

Usage context

Categories	None
Permitted content	Any elements or character data

Attributes

type: This attribute defines type of the style sheet language to use as a media type string. Value type: <media-type>; Default value: text/css; Animatable: no
media: This attribute defines to which media the style applies. Value type: <media-query-list>; Default value: all; Animatable: no
title: This attribute is the title of the style sheet which can be used to switch between alternate style sheets. Value type: <string>; Default value: none; Animatable: no

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGStyleElement interface.

Example

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <style>
    circle {
      fill: gold;
      stroke: maroon;
      stroke-width: 2px;
    }
  </style>

  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" />
</svg>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # StyleElement

Browser compatibility

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