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<stop>

The SVG <stop> 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

<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: currentcolor|<color>|<icccolor>; 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>; Default value: 1; Animatable: yes

Global attributes

Core Attributes

Most notably: id

Styling Attributes
class, style
Event Attributes

Global event attributes, Document element event attributes

Presentation Attributes

Most notably: color, display, stop-color, stop-opacity, visibility

Usage notes

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

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# GradientStops

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
stop 1 12 1.5 9 9 3 3 18 4 Yes 3 1.0
offset 1 12 1.5 9 9 3 3 18 4 Yes 3 1.0
stop-color 1 12 1.5 9 9 3 3 18 4 Yes 3 1.0
stop-opacity 1 12 1.5 9 9 3 3 18 4 Yes 143–11 1.0

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