<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
<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

CategoriesGradient element
Permitted contentAny number of the following elements, in any order:
<animate>, <script>, <set>, <style>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# StopElement

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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