elevation

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

Theelevation attribute specifies the direction angle for the light source from the XY plane towards the Z-axis, in degrees. Note that the positive Z-axis points towards the viewer of the content.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

<feDistantLight>

Example

html,body,svg {  height: 100%;}

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 440 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">  <filter>    <feDiffuseLighting>      <feDistantLight elevation="0" />    </feDiffuseLighting>  </filter>  <filter>    <feDiffuseLighting>      <feDistantLight elevation="45" />    </feDiffuseLighting>  </filter>  <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="80" filter="url(#distantLight1)" />  <circle cx="340" cy="100" r="80" filter="url(#distantLight2)" /></svg>