color-interpolation

The color-interpolation attribute specifies the color space for gradient interpolations, color animations, and alpha compositing.

Note: For filter effects, the color-interpolation-filters property controls which color space is used.

The color-interpolation property chooses between color operations occurring in the sRGB color space or in a (light energy linear) linearized RGB color space. Having chosen the appropriate color space, component-wise linear interpolation is used.

When a child element is blended into a background, the value of the color-interpolation property on the child determines the type of blending, not the value of the color-interpolation on the parent. For gradients which make use of the href or the deprecated xlink:href attribute to reference another gradient, the gradient uses the property's value from the gradient element which is directly referenced by the fill or stroke property. When animating colors, color interpolation is performed according to the value of the color-interpolation property on the element being animated.

Note: As a presentation attribute, color-interpolation can be used as a CSS property.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Usage notes

Value	`auto` \| `sRGB` \| `linearRGB`
Default value	`sRGB`
Animatable	discrete

auto: Indicates that the user agent can choose either the sRGB or linearRGB spaces for color interpolation. This option indicates that the author doesn't require that color interpolation occur in a particular color space.
sRGB: Indicates that color interpolation should occur in the sRGB color space.
linearRGB: Indicates that color interpolation should occur in the linearized RGB color space as described in the sRGB specification.

Example

This example shows four SVGs, each with a <rect> element and a different gradient used as a fill for the <rect>. The first two SVGs use <linearGradient> and the second two use <radialGradient> elements. In unsupported browsers, the gradient looks the same.

In this first SVG, the color-interpolation attribute is not included on the <linearGradient> element, which defaults to sRGB.

html

<svg width="450" height="70">
  <title>
    Example of linearGradient excluding the color-interpolation attribute
  </title>
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="gradientDefault">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="white" />
      <stop offset="25%" stop-color="blue" />
      <stop offset="50%" stop-color="white" />
      <stop offset="75%" stop-color="red" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="white" />
    </linearGradient>
  </defs>
  <rect
    x="0"
    y="0"
    width="400"
    height="40"
    fill="url(#gradientDefault)"
    stroke="black" />
  <text x="0" y="60" font-family="courier" font-size="16">
    color-interpolation not set
  </text>
</svg>

In this second SVG, the color-interpolation attribute is included on the <linearGradient> element and set to linearRGB.

html

<svg width="450" height="70">
  <title>
    Example of linearGradient using the color-interpolation attribute
  </title>
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="gradientLinearRGB" color-interpolation="linearRGB">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="white" />
      <stop offset="25%" stop-color="blue" />
      <stop offset="50%" stop-color="white" />
      <stop offset="75%" stop-color="red" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="white" />
    </linearGradient>
  </defs>
  <rect
    x="0"
    y="0"
    width="400"
    height="40"
    fill="url(#gradientLinearRGB)"
    stroke="black" />
  <text x="0" y="60" font-family="courier" font-size="16">
    color-interpolation="linearRGB"
  </text>
</svg>

In this third SVG, the color-interpolation attribute is not included on the <radialGradient> element, which defaults to sRGB.

html

<svg width="450" height="70">
  <title>
    Example of radialGradient excluding the color-interpolation attribute
  </title>
  <defs>
    <radialGradient id="none">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="red" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="gold" />
    </radialGradient>
  </defs>
  <rect x="0" y="0" width="400" height="40" fill="url(#none)" stroke="black" />
  <text x="0" y="60" font-family="courier" font-size="16">
    color-interpolation not set
  </text>
</svg>

In this fourth SVG, the color-interpolation attribute is included on the <radialGradient> element and set to linearRGB.

html

<svg width="450" height="70">
  <title>
    Example of radialGradient using the color-interpolation attribute
  </title>
  <defs>
    <radialGradient id="radLinearRGB" color-interpolation="linearRGB">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="red" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="gold" />
    </radialGradient>
  </defs>
  <rect
    x="0"
    y="0"
    width="400"
    height="40"
    fill="url(#radLinearRGB)"
    stroke="black" />
  <text x="0" y="60" font-family="courier" font-size="16">
    color-interpolation="linearRGB" (SVG attr)
  </text>
</svg>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # ColorInterpolation

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android
`color-interpolation`	≤80 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	≤80 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	≤72	67 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	≤13.1 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	80 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	79	57 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	≤13.4 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	13.0 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented	80 Only the default value of `sRGB` is implemented
`linearGradient`	No	No	123	No	No	No	123	No	No	No	No
`sRGB`	≤80	≤80	≤72	67	≤13.1	80	79	57	≤13.4	13.0	80

Usage notes

Example

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also