CSS | fill Property

Last Updated : 28 Nov, 2019

The fill property is a presentation attribute used to set the color of a SVG shape.

Syntax:

fill: <paint>

Property Values:

paint: It is used to set the color of the fill property. This paint be defined using color names, hex, rgb or hsl values. The default value is black. It can also be used with patterns using the url() function.

Example 1: This example illustrates the different color values of fill property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>
    CSS | fill Property
  </title>
  <style>
    .opacity1 {
      /* using color names */
      fill: green;
    }
  
    .opacity2 {
      /* using hex values */
      fill: #ff0000;
    }
  
    .opacity3 {
      /* using rgb values */
      fill: rgb(0, 0, 128);
    }
  
    .opacity4 {
      /* using hsl values */
      fill: hsl(24, 100%, 60%);
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1 style="color: green">
    GeeksforGeeks
  </h1>
  <b>CSS | fill</b>
  <div class="container">
    <svg height="250px" width="600px"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      version="1.1">
      <circle class="opacity1" cx="100"
        cy="100" r="50" />
      <circle class="opacity2" cx="250"
        cy="100" r="50" />
      <circle class="opacity3" cx="400"
        cy="100" r="50" />
      <circle class="opacity4" cx="550"
        cy="100" r="50" />
    </svg>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

Output:
fill-color

Example 2: This example uses patterns for fill property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>
    CSS | fill property
  </title>
  <style>
    .opacity1 {
      fill: url(#pattern1);
    }
  
    .opacity2 {
      fill: url(#pattern2);
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1 style="color: green">
    GeeksforGeeks
  </h1>
  <b>
    CSS | fill
  </b>
  <div class="container">
    <svg height="250px" width="600px"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      version="1.1">
      <defs>
        <pattern id="pattern1"
          viewBox="0, 0, 10, 10"
          width="10%" height="10%">
          <circle r="10" />
        </pattern>
        <pattern id="pattern2" 
          viewBox="0, 0, 10, 10"
          width="10%" height="10%">
          <rect height="5" width="5"
            fill="green" />
        </pattern>
      </defs>
  
      <circle class="opacity1" cx="100"
        cy="100" r="50" />
      <circle class="opacity2" cx="250"
        cy="100" r="50" />
    </svg>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

Output:
fill-pattern

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by fill property are listed below:

Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Opera
Internet Explorer 9

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