How to Create Circles with CSS

Last Updated: April 6th, 2018

Making circles with CSS is very simple. Just make the radius half of the width and height of the element to make a perfect circle, or simply use:

border-radius:50%

Responsive Circle With or Without Text Inside

Narrow your browser window horizontally to test the circle’s responsiveness.

CSS

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

HTML

<div class="circle">Hello</div>

Plain Circle With or Without Text Inside

CSS

.circle{width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50px;font-size:20px;color:#fff;line-height:100px;text-align:center;background:#000}

HTML

<div class="circle">Hello</div>

Clickable Link Circle Button

Hello

CSS

.button{display:block;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50px;font-size:20px;color:#fff;line-height:100px;text-align:center;background:#000}

HTML

<a href="#" class="button">Hello</a>

Menu Hover Effect Circle Button

Hello

CSS

.menu{display:block;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50px;font-size:20px;color:#fff;line-height:100px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;background:#000}.menu:hover{color:#ccc;text-decoration:none;background:#333}

HTML

<a href="#" class="menu">Hello</a>

Stylish Menu Hover Effect Circle Button

Hello

CSS

.stylish{display:block;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:66px;border:4px double #ccc;font-size:20px;color:#666;line-height:100px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-shadow:0 1px 0 #fff;background:#ddd}.stylish:hover{border:4px double #bbb;color:#aaa;text-decoration:none;background:#e6e6e6}

HTML

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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Outset/Inset Button Circle

Hello

CSS

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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HTML

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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Multicolored Circle

CSS

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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HTML

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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Gradient Circle

CSS

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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HTML

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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Change Text Upon Hover

HelloBye :(

CSS

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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HTML

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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Call-to-Action with Adjacent Info

CSS

.circle{width:50%;height:0;font-size:20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;line-height:0;padding:25% 0;border-radius:50%;background:#09f}

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HTML

<div class="circle">Hello</div>

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