CSS rounded corners are created using the border-radius property. This property allows you to specify the radius of the corners of an element’s outer border edge.
Possible Values
- <length>: Size of circle radius is denoted, using length values. Negative values are not valid.
- <percentage>: Size of circle radius is denoted, using percentage values.
- Horizontal axis percentage is referred to the width of the box.
- Vertical axis percentage is referred to the height of the box.
- Negative values are not valid.
Applies to
All the HTML elements, except for table and inline-table elements with border-collapse set to collapse. Applies to ::first-letter.
DOM Syntax
object.style.borderRadius = "length";
The following diagram demonstrates the different border-radius corners for reference:

The following table shows the possible values for rounded corners as follows −
Value | Description | |
---|---|---|
radius | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for all four corners of the element. It is used only in the one-value syntax. |
top-left and bottom-right | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners of the element. It is used only in the two-value syntax. |
top-right and bottom-left | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for the top-right and bottom-left corners of the element. It is used only in the two- and three-value syntaxes. |
top-left | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for the top-left corner of the element. It is used on three and four value syntaxes. |
top-right | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for the top-right corners of the element. It is used only in the four-value syntax. |
bottom-right | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for the bottom-right corners of the element. It is used only in the three and four-value syntaxes. |
bottom-left | ![]() | Is a <length> or a <percentage> that sets the radius for the bottom-left corners of the element. It is used only in the four-value syntax. |
Individual border radius properties, such as border-top-left-radius, cannot inherit from their parent element. Instead, you must use the individual longhand properties to set the border radius of each corner.
CSS Border Radius – Length Value
The following example demostrates how to use the border-radius property to create rounded corners for all four corners of a box −
<html><head><style> .rounded-box {} </style></head><body><div class="rounded-box">width: 200px; height: 100px; background-color: pink; line-height: 100px; border-radius: 20px;
</div></body></html>This is a rounded corner box.
You can use the border-radius property to create rounded corners on box, borders, and images.
Here is an example −
<html><head><style> .rounded-box {} .border-box {width: 200px; height: 100px; background-color: pink; border-radius: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;
} .img-border-radius {width: 200px; height: 100px; border-radius: 2em; border: 3px solid green; margin-bottom: 20px;
} </style></head><body><div class="rounded-box">background-image: url(images/tree.jpg); background-size: 100% 100%; border-radius: 20%; width: 200px; height: 150px;
</div><div class="border-box">This is a rounded corner box.
</div><div class="img-border-radius">This is a rounded corner box.
</div></body></html>This is a rounded corner image.
You can use the border-radius property to create different rounded corner styles on an element.
Here is an example −
<html><head><style> .rounded-box {} .rounded-box.tl {width: 200px; height: 100px; background-color: pink; margin: 10px; padding: 5px;
} .rounded-bo x.tr {border-radius: 30px 0 0 0;
} .rounded-box.bl {border-radius: 0 2em 0 0;
} .rounded-box.br {border-radius: 0 0 0 15%;
} .rounded-box.tl-br {border-radius: 0 0 30px 0;
} .rounded-box.tr-bl {border-radius: 2em 0 2em 0;
} </style></head><body><div class="rounded-box tl">border-radius: 0 15% 0 15%;
</div><div class="rounded-box tr">top-left rounded corner.
</div><div class="rounded-box bl">top-right rounded corner.
</div><div class="rounded-box br">bottom-left rounded corner.
</div><div class="rounded-box tl-br">bottom-right rounded corner.
</div><div class="rounded-box tr-bl">top-left and bottom-right rounded corners.
</div></body></html>top-right and bottom-left rounded corners.
CSS Rounded Corner Images
You can use the border-radius property to create different rounded corner styles on elements.
Here is an example −
<html><head><style> img {} .top-left {width: 200px; height: 100px; margin: 10px;
} .top-right {border-radius: 30px 0 0 0;
} .bottom-left {border-radius: 0 2em 0 0;
} .bottom-right {border-radius: 0 0 0 15%;
} .tl-br {border-radius: 0 0 30px 0;
} .tr-bl {border-radius: 2em 0 2em 0;
} </style></head><body><h4>top-left rounded corner.</h4><img class="top-left" src="images/tree.jpg" /><h4>top-right rounded corner.</h4><img class="top-right" src="images/tree.jpg" /><h4> bottom-left rounded corner.</h4><img class="bottom-left" src="images/tree.jpg" /><h4>bottom-right rounded corner.</h4><img class="bottom-right" src="images/tree.jpg" /><h4>top-left and bottom-right rounded corners.</h4><img class="tl-br" src="images/tree.jpg" /><h4>top-right and bottom-left rounded corners.</h4><img class="tr-bl" src="images/tree.jpg" /></body></html>border-radius: 0 15% 0 15%;
We can create a circle and an ellipse using the CSS border-radius property.
Here is an example −
<html><head><style> .rounded-circle {} .rounded-ellipse {width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: pink; text-align: center; border-radius: 50%;
} </style></head><body><div class="rounded-circle">width: 200px; height: 100px; background-color: pink; text-align: center; border-radius: 50%;
</div><div class="rounded-ellipse">circle
</div></body></html>ellipse
CSS border-radius – Related Properties
Following is the list of CSS properties related to border-radius:
property | value |
---|---|
border-top-left-radius | Sets the roundness of the top-left corner of an element’s border. |
border-top-right-radius | Sets the roundness of the top-right corner of an element’s border. |
border-bottom-right-radius | Sets the roundness of the bottom-right corner of an element’s border. |
border-bottom-left-radius | Sets the roundness of the bottom-left corner of an element’s border. |
border-start-start-radius | Sets the roundness of the block-start and inline-start corner of an element’s border. |
border-start-end-radius | Sets the roundness of the block-start and inline-end corner of an element’s border. |
border-end-start-radius | Sets the roundness of the block-end and inline-start corner of an element’s border. |
border-end-end-radius | Sets the roundness of the block-end and inline-end corner of an element’s border. |
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