<figcaption>

The HTML <figcaption> element represents a caption or a legend associated with a figure or an illustration described by the rest of the data of the <figure> element which is its immediate ancestor.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Flow content.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	A <figure> element; the <figcaption> element must be its first or last child.
Permitted ARIA roles	group, presentation
DOM interface	HTMLElement

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

Please see the <figure> page for examples on <figcaption>.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<figcaption>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<figcaption>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

See also

• The <figure> element.