How to change the color of an svg element?
2020 answer
CSS Filter works on all current browsers
To change any SVGs color
- Add the SVG image using an
<img>tag.
<img src="dotted-arrow.svg" class="filter-green"/>
- To filter to a specific color, use the following Codepen(Click Here to open codepen) to convert a hex color code to a CSS filter:
For example, output for #00EE00 is
filter: invert(42%) sepia(93%) saturate(1352%) hue-rotate(87deg) brightness(119%) contrast(119%);
- Add the CSS
filterinto this class.
.filter-green{
filter: invert(48%) sepia(79%) saturate(2476%) hue-rotate(86deg) brightness(118%) contrast(119%);
}
To change the color of any SVG you can directly change the svg code by opening the svg file in any text editor. The code may look like the below code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0) -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
width="500px" height="500px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" enable-background="new 0 0 500 500" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<path d="M114.26,436.584L99.023,483h301.953l-15.237-46.416H114.26z M161.629,474.404h-49.592l9.594-29.225h69.223
C181.113,454.921,171.371,464.663,161.629,474.404z"/>
/*Some more code goes on*/
</g>
</svg>
You can observe that there are some XML tags like path, circle, polygon etc. There you can add your own color with help of style attribute. Look at the below example
<path fill="#AB7C94" d="M114.26,436.584L99.023,483h301.953l-15.237-46.416H114.26z M161.629,474.404h-49.592l9.594-29.225h69.223
C181.113,454.921,171.371,464.663,161.629,474.404z"/>
Add the style attribute to all the tags so that you can get your SVG of your required color
Edit: As per Daniel's comment, we can use fill attribute directly instead of fill element inside style attribute
You can't change the color of an image that way. If you load SVG as an image, you can't change how it is displayed using CSS or Javascript in the browser.
If you want to change your SVG image, you have to load it using <object>, <iframe> or using <svg> inline.
If you want to use the techniques in the page, you need the Modernizr library, where you can check for SVG support and conditionally display or not a fallback image. You can then inline your SVG and apply the styles you need.
See :
#time-3-icon {
fill: green;
}
.my-svg-alternate {
display: none;
}
.no-svg .my-svg-alternate {
display: block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-image: url(image.png);
}<svg width="96px" height="96px" viewBox="0 0 512 512" enable-background="new 0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve">
<path id="time-3-icon" d="M256,50C142.229,50,50,142.229,50,256c0,113.77,92.229,206,206,206c113.77,0,206-92.23,206-206
C462,142.229,369.77,50,256,50z M256,417c-88.977,0-161-72.008-161-161c0-88.979,72.008-161,161-161c88.977,0,161,72.007,161,161
C417,344.977,344.992,417,256,417z M382.816,265.785c1.711,0.297,2.961,1.781,2.961,3.518v0.093c0,1.72-1.223,3.188-2.914,3.505
c-37.093,6.938-124.97,21.35-134.613,21.35c-13.808,0-25-11.192-25-25c0-9.832,14.79-104.675,21.618-143.081
c0.274-1.542,1.615-2.669,3.181-2.669h0.008c1.709,0,3.164,1.243,3.431,2.932l18.933,119.904L382.816,265.785z"/>
</svg>
<image class="my-svg-alternate" width="96" height="96" src="ppngfallback.png" />You can inline your SVG, tag your fallback image with a class name (my-svg-alternate):
<svg width="96px" height="96px" viewBox="0 0 512 512" enable-background="new 0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve">
<path id="time-3-icon" .../>
</svg>
<image class="my-svg-alternate" width="96" height="96" src="ppngfallback.png" />
And in CSS use the no-svg class from Modernizr (CDN: http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/modernizr/modernizr-2.7.2.js ) to check for SVG support. If there is no SVG support the SVG block will be ignored and the image will be displayed, otherwise the image will be removed from the DOM tree (display: none):
.my-svg-alternate {
display: none;
}
.no-svg .my-svg-alternate {
display: block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-image: url(image.png);
}
Then you can change the color of your inlined element:
#time-3-icon {
fill: green;
}
if you want to change the color dynamically:
- Open the SVG in a code editor
- Add or rewrite the attribute of
fillof every path tofill="currentColor" - Now, that svg will take the color of your font color so you can do something like:
svg {
color : "red";
}
Only SVG with path information. you can't do that to the image.. as the path you can change stroke and fill information and you are done. like Illustrator
so: via CSS you can overwrite path fill value
path { fill: orange; }
but if you want more flexible way as you want to change it with a text when having some hovering effect going on.. use
path { fill: currentColor; }
body {
background: #ddd;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 2em;
}
.parent {
width: 320px;
height: 50px;
display: block;
transition: all 0.3s;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 12px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/*** desired colors for children ***/
.parent{
color: #000;
background: #def;
}
.parent:hover{
color: #fff;
background: #85c1fc;
}
.parent span{
font-size: 18px;
margin-right: 8px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: 'Helvetica';
line-height: 26px;
vertical-align: top;
}
.parent svg{
max-height: 26px;
width: auto;
display: inline;
}
/**** magic trick *****/
.parent svg path{
fill: currentcolor;
}<div class='parent'>
<span>TEXT WITH SVG</span>
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="128" height="128" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
<path d="M30.148 5.588c-2.934-3.42-7.288-5.588-12.148-5.588-8.837 0-16 7.163-16 16s7.163 16 16 16c4.86 0 9.213-2.167 12.148-5.588l-10.148-10.412 10.148-10.412zM22 3.769c1.232 0 2.231 0.999 2.231 2.231s-0.999 2.231-2.231 2.231-2.231-0.999-2.231-2.231c0-1.232 0.999-2.231 2.231-2.231z"></path>
</svg>
</div>