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How to create empty circles with CSS?

There is no HTML element that can be used to create an empty circle. But still, we can easily create an empty circle using Some CSS properties. Here, we will learn about it.

Creating an empty circle with CSS

To create an empty circle first of all add an empty <div> element. Use CSS border-radius: 50% to make the div element circular. Additionally set the height, width and border of <div> element.

Example: Creating an empty circle with CSS

In this example, we have added an empty circle with a border.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML</title>
<style>
    .circle {
	  border-radius: 50%;
	  height: 100px;
	  width: 100px;
	  border: 2px solid blue;
	}	
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2> Empty circle </h2>
   <div class="circle">
   </div>
</body>
</html>

Output

Here is the output of the above example.

empty circle

Example: Adding Background to an empty circle

Here, we have added a background color to the empty circle.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned to create an empty circle with CSS. For that use border-radius:50% property. We explained code with examples.



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