SVG to CSS Data URI
Convert an SVG to a CSS-ready data URI for embedding in stylesheets.
An SVG inside your CSS
An SVG can be embedded directly into CSS as a data URI, letting you use a vector graphic as a background or icon without a separate file. This converts an SVG into a properly-encoded, CSS-ready data URI, in your browser.
Paste or load your SVG to convert it for CSS.
The encoding subtleties that matter
Embedding SVG in CSS is popular because SVGs are small, scale perfectly, and are ideal for icons and simple backgrounds, so carrying one inside the stylesheet keeps everything self-contained and avoids an extra file request. The catch is that SVG is text containing characters — angle brackets, quotes, hashes for colours — that need careful handling to work inside a CSS value, and getting this encoding wrong is exactly why hand-pasted SVGs often fail to display. A proper conversion handles the escaping so the SVG renders correctly. Because SVGs are text-based, they can often be embedded more efficiently than the Base64 encoding used for other images, keeping the result compact. For designers and developers using SVG icons and graphics, a correctly-encoded data URI is the clean way to embed them in CSS, and doing the fiddly encoding automatically avoids the frustration of a graphic that silently refuses to appear.
Questions & answers
Why embed an SVG in CSS?
SVGs are small and scale perfectly, so embedding one as a data URI keeps a stylesheet self-contained and avoids an extra file request for an icon or background.
Why do hand-pasted SVGs often fail in CSS?
Because SVG contains characters like angle brackets and hashes that need careful escaping to work inside a CSS value — proper encoding handles this.
Is my SVG uploaded?
No. The conversion happens in your browser.