Div with a transparent cut out circle

Question

Can I make a rectagle div with a half cut out circle using CSS? The half circle should be transparent and let the background show through.

desired CSS shape :

HTML :

<div></div>

CSS :

div{
    background : #448CCB;
    width:300px;
    height:300px;
}

Answer 1

In order to have the white cut out circle transparent and let the background show through it, you can use box-shadows on a pseudo element to minimize markup.

In the following demo, the blue color of the shape is set with the box shadow and not the background-color property.

DEMO

output:

This can also be responsive: demo

HTML:

<div></div>

CSS:

div {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

div::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 50%;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: 100%;
  box-shadow: 0px 300px 0px 300px #448CCB;
}

Answer 2

Is it okey ?

Demo

div{
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    background:#03b0d5;
    display:block;
    position:relative;
    overflow:hidden;
}
div:after{
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    border-radius:50%;
    background:#fff;
    display:block;
    position:absolute;
    content:'';
    top:-50px;
    left:0;
 }

Answer 3

Here is my sollution

HTML:

<div id="shape"></div>

CSS:

#shape {
    width:250px;
    height:250px;
    background:#448ccb;
    position:relative;
}

#shape:before {
    content:" ";
    position:absolute;
    width:250px;
    height:250px;
    background:#fff;
    left:0; top:-50%;
    border-radius:50%;
}

Link in jsfiddler: demo

Solition with box-shadow:

HTML:

<div id="wrap">
    <div id="shape"></div>
</div>

CSS:

#wrap {
    background:#ccc;
    padding:20px;
}
#shape {
    width:250px;
    height:250px;    
    position:relative;
    overflow:hidden;
}

#shape:before {
    content:" ";
    position:absolute;
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    left:0; top:-50%;
    border-radius:50%;
    box-shadow:0 0px 0 250px #448ccb
}

Link in jsfiddler: demo

Answer 4

If you don't mind that the "eaten" bit is white and not transparent, yes:

http://jsfiddle.net/tWbx5/2/

<div></div>

CSS:

div {
    width: 250px;
    height: 250px;
    margin: 10px;
    background: #448CCB;
}

div:before {
    content:" ";
    background:white;
    display: block;
    width:250px;
    height: 125px;
    border-radius: 0 0 125px 125px;
}