<figcaption>: The Figure Caption element

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The <figcaption> HTML element represents a caption or legend describing the rest of the contents of its parent <figure> element, providing the <figure> an accessible name.

Try it

<figure>   <img     src="/shared-assets/images/examples/elephant.jpg"     alt="Elephant at sunset" />   <figcaption>An elephant at sunset</figcaption> </figure>

figure {   border: thin silver solid;   display: flex;   flex-flow: column;   padding: 5px;   max-width: 220px;   margin: auto; }  img {   max-width: 220px;   max-height: 150px; }  figcaption {   background-color: #222222;   color: white;   font: italic smaller sans-serif;   padding: 3px;   text-align: center; }

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

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

Technical summary

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.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	`group`, `none`, `presentation`
DOM interface	`HTMLElement`