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<ellipse>

The <ellipse> element is an SVG basic shape, used to create ellipses based on a center coordinate, and both their x and y radius.

Note: Ellipses are unable to specify the exact orientation of the ellipse (if, for example, you wanted to draw an ellipse tilted at a 45 degree angle), but it can be rotated by using the transform attribute.

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <ellipse cx="100" cy="50" rx="100" ry="50" />
</svg>

Attributes

cx: The x position of the ellipse.
Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
cy: The y position of the ellipse.
Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
rx: The radius of the ellipse on the x axis.
Value type: auto|<length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
ry: The radius of the ellipse on the y axis.
Value type: auto|<length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes
pathLength: This attribute lets specify the total length for the path, in user units.
Value type: <number> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Note: Starting with SVG2 cx, cy, rx and ry are Geometry Properties, meaning those attributes can also be used as CSS properties for that element.

Global attributes

Core Attributes: Most notably: id, tabindex
Styling Attributes: class, style
Conditional Processing Attributes: Most notably: requiredExtensions, systemLanguage
Event Attributes: Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes
Presentation Attributes: Most notably: clip-path, clip-rule, color, color-interpolation, color-rendering, cursor, display, fill, fill-opacity, fill-rule, filter, mask, opacity, pointer-events, shape-rendering, stroke, stroke-dasharray, stroke-dashoffset, stroke-linecap, stroke-linejoin, stroke-miterlimit, stroke-opacity, stroke-width, transform, vector-effect, visibility
ARIA Attributes: aria-activedescendant, aria-atomic, aria-autocomplete, aria-busy, aria-checked, aria-colcount, aria-colindex, aria-colspan, aria-controls, aria-current, aria-describedby, aria-details, aria-disabled, aria-dropeffect, aria-errormessage, aria-expanded, aria-flowto, aria-grabbed, aria-haspopup, aria-hidden, aria-invalid, aria-keyshortcuts, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-level, aria-live, aria-modal, aria-multiline, aria-multiselectable, aria-orientation, aria-owns, aria-placeholder, aria-posinset, aria-pressed, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-required, aria-roledescription, aria-rowcount, aria-rowindex, aria-rowspan, aria-selected, aria-setsize, aria-sort, aria-valuemax, aria-valuemin, aria-valuenow, aria-valuetext, role

Usage notes

Categories	Basic shape element, Graphics element, Shape element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 The definition of '<ellipse>' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Added `auto` value for `rx` and `ry`
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<ellipse>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	Yes	1.5	9	8	3
`cx`	1	Yes	1.5	9	8	3
`cy`	1	Yes	1.5	9	8	3
`rx`	1	Yes	1.5	9	8	3
`ry`	1	Yes	1.5	9	8	3