index.md

---

title: <ellipse>
slug: Web/SVG/Element/ellipse
page-type: svg-element
tags:
  - Element
  - Reference
  - SVG
  - SVG Graphics
browser-compat: svg.elements.ellipse

---

{{SVGRef}}

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 {{SVGAttr("transform")}} attribute.

Example

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

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

{{EmbedLiveSample('Example', 100, '100%')}}

Attributes

• {{SVGAttr("cx")}}

  • : The x position of the center of the ellipse. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("cy")}}

  • : The y position of the center of the ellipse. Value type: <length>|<percentage> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("rx")}}

  • : The radius of the ellipse on the x axis. Value type: auto|<length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("ry")}}

  • : The radius of the ellipse on the y axis. Value type: auto|<length>|<percentage> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

• {{SVGAttr("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: {{SVGAttr('id')}}, {{SVGAttr('tabindex')}}

• Styling Attributes

  • : {{SVGAttr('class')}}, {{SVGAttr('style')}}

• Conditional Processing Attributes

  • : Most notably: {{SVGAttr('requiredExtensions')}}, {{SVGAttr('systemLanguage')}}

• Event Attributes

  • : Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes

• Presentation Attributes

  • : Most notably: {{SVGAttr('clip-path')}}, {{SVGAttr('clip-rule')}}, {{SVGAttr('color')}}, {{SVGAttr('color-interpolation')}}, {{SVGAttr('color-rendering')}}, {{SVGAttr('cursor')}}, {{SVGAttr('display')}}, {{SVGAttr('fill')}}, {{SVGAttr('fill-opacity')}}, {{SVGAttr('fill-rule')}}, {{SVGAttr('filter')}}, {{SVGAttr('mask')}}, {{SVGAttr('opacity')}}, {{SVGAttr('pointer-events')}}, {{SVGAttr('shape-rendering')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-dasharray')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-dashoffset')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-linecap')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-linejoin')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-miterlimit')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-opacity')}}, {{SVGAttr('stroke-width')}}, {{SVGAttr("transform")}}, {{SVGAttr('vector-effect')}}, {{SVGAttr('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

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Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Other SVG basic shapes: {{ SVGElement('circle') }}, {{ SVGElement('line') }}, {{ SVGElement('polygon') }}, {{ SVGElement('polyline') }}, {{ SVGElement('rect') }}