stroke

The stroke attribute is a presentation attribute defining the color (or any SVG paint servers like gradients or patterns) used to paint the outline of the shape;

Note: As a presentation attribute stroke can be used as a CSS property.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

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

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 20 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- Simple color stroke -->
  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" fill="none" stroke="green" />

  <!-- Stroke a circle with a gradient -->
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="myGradient">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="green" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="white" />
    </linearGradient>
  </defs>

  <circle cx="15" cy="5" r="4" fill="none" stroke="url(#myGradient)" />
</svg>

Usage notes

Value	<paint>
Default value	`none`
Animatable	Yes

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # SpecifyingStrokePaint

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