SVG <ellipse>

SVG Ellipse - <ellipse>

The <ellipse> element is used to create an ellipse.

An ellipse is closely related to a circle. The difference is that an ellipse has an x and a y radius that differs from each other, while a circle has equal x and y radius:

Example 1

The following example creates an ellipse:

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Code explanation:

• The cx attribute defines the x coordinate of the center of the ellipse
• The cy attribute defines the y coordinate of the center of the ellipse
• The rx attribute defines the horizontal radius
• The ry attribute defines the vertical radius

Example 2

The following example creates three ellipses on top of each other:

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Example 3

The following example combines two ellipses (one yellow and one white):

Here is the SVG code: