<stop>

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The <stop> SVG element defines a color and its position to use on a gradient. This element is always a child of a <linearGradient> or <radialGradient> element.

Example

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

html

<svg
  viewBox="0 0 10 10"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="myGradient" gradientTransform="rotate(90)">
      <stop offset="5%" stop-color="gold" />
      <stop offset="95%" stop-color="red" />
    </linearGradient>
  </defs>

  <!-- using my linear gradient -->
  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" fill="url('#myGradient')" />
</svg>

Attributes

offset: This attribute defines where the gradient stop is placed along the gradient vector. Value type: <number>|<percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
stop-color: This attribute defines the color of the gradient stop. It can be used as a CSS property. Value type: <color>; Default value: black; Animatable: yes
stop-opacity: This attribute defines the opacity of the gradient stop. It can be used as a CSS property. Value type: <opacity-value>; Default value: 1; Animatable: yes

Usage context

Categories	Gradient element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: `<animate>`, `<script>`, `<set>`, `<style>`

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # StopElement

Browser compatibility

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