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CSS Radial Gradients

CSS gradients let you display smooth transitions between two or more specified colors.

CSS defines three types of gradients:

CSS Conic Gradients

A conic gradient is a gradient with color transitions rotated around a center point.

To create a conic gradient you must define at least two colors.

background-image: conic-gradient([from <angle>] [at <position>,] <color> [<degree>], <color> [<degree>], ..._);
note

By default, angle is 0deg and position is center. If no degree is specified, the colors will be spread equally around the center point.

Example

Three Colors

The following example shows a conic gradient with three colors:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(red, yellow, green);
}

Example conic gradient three colors

Five Colors

The following example shows a conic gradient with five colors:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(red, yellow, green, blue, black);
}

Example conic gradient five colors

Three Colors and Degrees

The following example shows a conic gradient with three colors and a degree for each color:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(red 45deg, yellow 90deg, green 210deg);
}

Example conic gradient three colors and degrees

Create Pie Charts

Just add border-radius: 50% to make the conic gradient look like a pie:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(red, yellow, green, blue, black);
border-radius: 50%;
}

Example conic gradient pie chart

Here is another pie chart with defined degrees for all the colors:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(red 0deg, red 90deg, yellow 90deg, yellow 180deg, green 180deg, green 270deg, blue 270deg);
border-radius: 50%;
}

Example conic gradient pie chart with degrees

Conic Gradient With Specified From Angle

The [from angle] specifies an angle that the entire conic gradient is rotated by.

The following example shows a conic gradient with a from angle of 90deg:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(red 0deg, red 90deg, yellow 90deg, yellow 180deg, green 180deg, green 270deg, blue 270deg);
border-radius: 50%;
}

Example conic gradient with specified from angle

Conic Gradient With Specified Center Position

The [at position] specifies the center of the conic gradient.

The following example shows a conic gradient with a center position of 60% 45%:

#grad {  
background-image: conic-gradient(at 60% 45%, red, yellow, green);
}

Example conic gradient with specified center position

Repeating a Conic Gradient

The repeating-conic-gradient() function is used to repeat conic gradients:

#grad {  
background-image: repeating-conic-gradient(red 10%, yellow 20%);
border-radius: 50%;
}

Example conic gradient with repeating

Here is a repeating conic gradient with defined color-starts and color-stops:

#grad {  
background-image: repeating-conic-gradient(red 0deg 10deg, yellow 10deg 20deg, blue 20deg 30deg);
border-radius: 50%;
}

Example conic gradient with repeating