<hr>

The HTML <hr> element represents a thematic break between paragraph-level elements (for example, a change of scene in a story, or a shift of topic with a section). In previous versions of HTML, it represented a horizontal rule. It may still be displayed as a horizontal rule in visual browsers, but is now defined in semantic terms, rather than presentational terms.

Content categories	Flow content.
Permitted content	None, it is an empty element.
Tag omission	It must have start tag, but must not have an end tag.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts flow content.
Permitted ARIA roles	presentation
DOM interface	HTMLHRElement

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global attributes.

align deprecated

Sets the alignment of the rule on the page. If no value is specified, the default value is left.

color non standard

Sets the color of the rule through color name or hexadecimal value.

noshade deprecated

Sets the rule to have no shading.

size deprecated

Sets the height, in pixels, of the rule.

width deprecated

Sets the length of the rule on the page through a pixel or percentage value.

Example

<p>This is the first paragraph of text.
This is the first paragraph of text.
This is the first paragraph of text.
This is the first paragraph of text.

<hr>

<p>This is second paragraph of text.
This is second paragraph of text.
This is second paragraph of text.
This is second paragraph of text.

Above HTML will output:

This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text.

This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<hr>' in that specification.	Living Standard	Definition of the hr element
WHATWG HTML Living Standard	Living Standard	Suggested default rendering of the hr element
HTML5 The definition of '<hr>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<hr>' in that specification.	Recommendation	The align, noshade, size and width attributes are deprecated

Browser compatibility

See also

• <p>