html – Circle with three different color borders

Question:

I have CSS for a circle with one border color:

.circle {
  border: 6px solid #ffd511;
  border-radius: 30px;
  -moz-border-radius: 30px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 30px;
  -khtml-border-radius: 30px;
  width: 30px;
  height: 18px;
  line-height: 20px;
  padding: 12px 6px;
  text-align: center;
}
<div class="circle">17</div>

How should I change the CSS to have three border colors – like on the clock:

  • 0 to 4 color #1
  • 4 to 8 color #2
  • 8 to 12 color #3

I'm pretty sure it's possible with the <canvas> , but I can't.

A loose translation of the Circle with three different border colors question by @Legionar .

Answer:

You can create a circle border divided into 3 parts with inline svg using:

Below is an example:

svg{width:30%;height:auto;}
<svg viewbox="0 0 10 10">
  <defs>
    <circle id="circle" cx="5" cy="5" r="4" stroke-width="0.5" fill="transparent" />
  </defs>
  <use xlink:href="#circle" stroke="pink" stroke-dasharray="0,2.09,8.38,30" />
  <use xlink:href="#circle" stroke="green" stroke-dasharray="0,10.47,8.38,30" />
  <use xlink:href="#circle" stroke="orange" stroke-dasharray="2.09,16.75,6.3" />
</svg>

Edit

To add text inside a circle, you can use svg text element

svg{width:30%;height:auto;}
<svg viewbox="0 0 10 10">
  <defs>
    <circle id="circle" cx="5" cy="5" r="4" stroke-width="0.5" fill="transparent" />
  </defs>
  <use xlink:href="#circle" stroke="pink" stroke-dasharray="0,2.09,8.38,30" />
  <use xlink:href="#circle" stroke="green" stroke-dasharray="0,10.47,8.38,30" />
  <use xlink:href="#circle" stroke="orange" stroke-dasharray="2.09,16.75,6.3" />
  <text x="5" y="6.5" text-anchor="middle" font-size="5">17</text>
</svg>

A loose translation of the answer from @web-tiki contributor.

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