border-bottom-left-radius CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The border-bottom-left-radius CSS property rounds the bottom-left corner of an element by specifying the radius (or the radius of the semi-major and semi-minor axes) of the ellipse defining the curvature of the corner.

Try it

border-bottom-left-radius: 80px 80px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 250px 100px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 50%;
border-bottom-left-radius: 50%;
border: black 10px double;
background-clip: content-box;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    This is a box with a bottom left rounded corner.
  </div>
</section>
#example-element {
  width: 80%;
  height: 80%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  flex-direction: column;
  background-color: #5b6dcd;
  color: white;
  padding: 10px;
}

Syntax

css
/* the corner is a circle */
/* border-bottom-left-radius: radius */
border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;

/* Percentage values */

/* circle if box is a square or ellipse if box is a rectangle */
border-bottom-left-radius: 20%;

/* same as above: 20% of horizontal(width) and vertical(height) */
border-bottom-left-radius: 20% 20%;

/* 20% of horizontal(width) and 10% of vertical(height) */
border-bottom-left-radius: 20% 10%;

/* the corner is an ellipse */
/* border-bottom-left-radius: horizontal vertical */
border-bottom-left-radius: 0.5em 1em;

/* Global values */
border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;
border-bottom-left-radius: initial;
border-bottom-left-radius: revert;
border-bottom-left-radius: revert-layer;
border-bottom-left-radius: unset;

With one value:

  • the value is a <length> or a <percentage> denoting the radius of the circle to use for the border in that corner.

With two values:

  • the first value is a <length> or a <percentage> denoting the horizontal semi-major axis of the ellipse to use for the border in that corner.
  • the second value is a <length> or a <percentage> denoting the vertical semi-major axis of the ellipse to use for the border in that corner.

Values

<length-percentage>

Denotes the size of the circle radius or the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the ellipse. As absolute length it can be expressed in any unit allowed by the CSS <length> data type. Percentages for the horizontal axis refer to the width of the box, percentages for the vertical axis refer to the height of the box. Negative values are invalid.

Description

The rounding can be a circle or an ellipse, or if one of the value is 0 no rounding is done and the corner is square.

border-bottom-left-radius.png

A background, being an image or a color, is clipped at the border, even a rounded one; the exact location of the clipping is defined by the value of the background-clip property.

Note: If the value of this property is not set in a border-radius shorthand property that is applied to the element after the border-bottom-left-radius CSS property, the value of this property is then reset to its initial value by the shorthand property.

Formal definition

Initial value0
Applies toall elements; but User Agents are not required to apply to table and inline-table elements when border-collapse is collapse. The behavior on internal table elements is undefined for the moment.. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inheritedno
Percentagesrefer to the corresponding dimension of the border box
Computed valuetwo absolute <length>s or <percentage>s
Animation typea length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

border-bottom-left-radius = 
<border-radius>

<border-radius> =
<slash-separated-border-radius-syntax> |
<legacy-border-radius-syntax>

<slash-separated-border-radius-syntax> =
<length-percentage [0,∞]> [ / <length-percentage [0,∞]> ]?

<legacy-border-radius-syntax> =
<length-percentage [0,∞]>{1,2}

<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>

Examples

Arc of a circle

A single <length> value produces an arc of a circle.

css
div {
  border-bottom-left-radius: 40px;
  background-color: lightgreen;
  border: solid 1px black;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

Arc of an ellipse

Two different <length> values produce an arc of an ellipse.

css
div {
  border-bottom-left-radius: 40px 20px;
  background-color: lightgreen;
  border: solid 1px black;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

Square element with percentage radius

A square element with a single <percentage> value produces an arc of a circle.

css
div {
  border-bottom-left-radius: 40%;
  background-color: lightgreen;
  border: solid 1px black;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

Non-square element with percentage radius

A non-square element with a single <percentage> value produces an arc of an ellipse.

css
div {
  border-bottom-left-radius: 40%;
  background-color: lightgreen;
  border: solid 1px black;
  width: 200px;
  height: 100px;
}

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3
# border-radius

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
border-bottom-left-radius
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 4 (Release date: 2010-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox 1 – 11 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
altname
footnote Removed in 12 and later
altname Alternate name: -moz-border-radius-bottomleft
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 49 (Release date: 2016-09-20)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 4 (Release date: 2011-03-22)
footnote
footnote Before Firefox 50, border styles of rounded corners were always rendered as if border-style was solid. This has been fixed in Firefox 50.
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Opera – Full support
Opera 10.5 (Release date: 2010-03-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Safari – Full support
Safari 5 (Release date: 2010-06-07)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android 4 – 10 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
altname
footnote Removed in 14 and later
altname Alternate name: -moz-border-radius-bottomleft
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 49 (Release date: 2016-09-20)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote
footnote Before Firefox for Android 50, border styles of rounded corners were always rendered as if border-style was solid. This has been fixed in Firefox for Android 50.
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 11 (Release date: 2011-03-22)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 4.2 (Release date: 2010-11-22)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 4.2 (Release date: 2010-11-22)
footnote Full support
Elliptical corners
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 3.5 (Release date: 2009-06-30)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 10.5 (Release date: 2010-03-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Percentages
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 4 (Release date: 2010-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Partial support
Firefox 1 – 3.6 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Before Firefox 4, the <percentage> was relative to the width of the box even when specifying the radius for a height. This implied that -moz-border-radius-bottomright was always drawing an arc of circle, and never an ellipse, when followed by a single value.
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 4 (Release date: 2011-03-22)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 10.5 (Release date: 2010-03-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 5 (Release date: 2010-06-07)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 4.2 (Release date: 2010-11-22)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 4.2 (Release date: 2010-11-22)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
See implementation notes.
Uses a non-standard name
Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
Has more compatibility info.

See also