Chart
Beautiful charts. Built using Recharts. Copy and paste into your apps.
Note: If you are using charts with React 19 or the Next.js 15, see the note here.
Bar Chart - Interactive
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Introducing Charts. A collection of chart components that you can copy and paste into your apps.
Charts are designed to look great out of the box. They work well with the other components and are fully customizable to fit your project.
Component
We use Recharts under the hood.
We designed the chart
component with composition in mind. You build your charts using Recharts components and only bring in custom components, such as ChartTooltip
, when and where you need it.
import { Bar, BarChart } from "recharts"
import { ChartContainer, ChartTooltipContent } from "@/components/ui/charts"
export function MyChart() {
return (
<ChartContainer>
<BarChart data={data}>
<Bar dataKey="value" />
<ChartTooltip content={<ChartTooltipContent />} />
</BarChart>
</ChartContainer>
)
}
We do not wrap Recharts. This means you're not locked into an abstraction. When a new Recharts version is released, you can follow the official upgrade path to upgrade your charts.
The components are yours.
Installation
Note: If you are using charts with React 19 or the Next.js 15, see the note here.
Run the following command to install chart.tsx
npx shadcn@latest add chart
Add the following colors to your CSS file
@layer base {
:root {
--chart-1: 12 76% 61%;
--chart-2: 173 58% 39%;
--chart-3: 197 37% 24%;
--chart-4: 43 74% 66%;
--chart-5: 27 87% 67%;
}
.dark {
--chart-1: 220 70% 50%;
--chart-2: 160 60% 45%;
--chart-3: 30 80% 55%;
--chart-4: 280 65% 60%;
--chart-5: 340 75% 55%;
}
}
Your First Chart
Let's build your first chart. We'll build a bar chart, add a grid, axis, tooltip and legend.
Start by defining your data
The following data represents the number of desktop and mobile users for each month.
Note: Your data can be in any shape. You are not limited to the shape of the data below. Use the dataKey
prop to map your data to the chart.
const chartData = [
{ month: "January", desktop: 186, mobile: 80 },
{ month: "February", desktop: 305, mobile: 200 },
{ month: "March", desktop: 237, mobile: 120 },
{ month: "April", desktop: 73, mobile: 190 },
{ month: "May", desktop: 209, mobile: 130 },
{ month: "June", desktop: 214, mobile: 140 },
]
Define your chart config
The chart config holds configuration for the chart. This is where you place human-readable strings, such as labels, icons and color tokens for theming.
import { type ChartConfig } from "@/components/ui/chart"
const chartConfig = {
desktop: {
label: "Desktop",
color: "#2563eb",
},
mobile: {
label: "Mobile",
color: "#60a5fa",
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
Build your chart
You can now build your chart using Recharts components.
Important: Remember to set a min-h-[VALUE]
on the ChartContainer
component. This is required for the chart be responsive.
"use client"
import { Bar, BarChart } from "recharts"
import { ChartConfig, ChartContainer } from "@/components/ui/chart"
const chartData = [
{ month: "January", desktop: 186, mobile: 80 },
{ month: "February", desktop: 305, mobile: 200 },
{ month: "March", desktop: 237, mobile: 120 },
{ month: "April", desktop: 73, mobile: 190 },
{ month: "May", desktop: 209, mobile: 130 },
{ month: "June", desktop: 214, mobile: 140 },
]
const chartConfig = {
desktop: {
label: "Desktop",
color: "#2563eb",
},
mobile: {
label: "Mobile",
color: "#60a5fa",
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
export function Component() {
return (
<ChartContainer config={chartConfig} className="min-h-[200px] w-full">
<BarChart accessibilityLayer data={chartData}>
<Bar dataKey="desktop" fill="var(--color-desktop)" radius={4} />
<Bar dataKey="mobile" fill="var(--color-mobile)" radius={4} />
</BarChart>
</ChartContainer>
)
}
Add a Grid
Let's add a grid to the chart.
Import the CartesianGrid
component.
import { Bar, BarChart, CartesianGrid } from "recharts"
Add the CartesianGrid
component to your chart.
<ChartContainer config={chartConfig} className="min-h-[200px] w-full">
<BarChart accessibilityLayer data={chartData}>
<CartesianGrid vertical={false} />
<Bar dataKey="desktop" fill="var(--color-desktop)" radius={4} />
<Bar dataKey="mobile" fill="var(--color-mobile)" radius={4} />
</BarChart>
</ChartContainer>
Add an Axis
To add an x-axis to the chart, we'll use the XAxis
component.
Import the XAxis
component.
import { Bar, BarChart, CartesianGrid, XAxis } from "recharts"
Add the XAxis
component to your chart.
<ChartContainer config={chartConfig} className="h-[200px] w-full">
<BarChart accessibilityLayer data={chartData}>
<CartesianGrid vertical={false} />
<XAxis
dataKey="month"
tickLine={false}
tickMargin={10}
axisLine={false}
tickFormatter={(value) => value.slice(0, 3)}
/>
<Bar dataKey="desktop" fill="var(--color-desktop)" radius={4} />
<Bar dataKey="mobile" fill="var(--color-mobile)" radius={4} />
</BarChart>
</ChartContainer>
Add Tooltip
So far we've only used components from Recharts. They look great out of the box thanks to some customization in the chart
component.
To add a tooltip, we'll use the custom ChartTooltip
and ChartTooltipContent
components from chart
.
Import the ChartTooltip
and ChartTooltipContent
components.
import { ChartTooltip, ChartTooltipContent } from "@/components/ui/chart"
Add the components to your chart.
<ChartContainer config={chartConfig} className="h-[200px] w-full">
<BarChart accessibilityLayer data={chartData}>
<CartesianGrid vertical={false} />
<XAxis
dataKey="month"
tickLine={false}
tickMargin={10}
axisLine={false}
tickFormatter={(value) => value.slice(0, 3)}
/>
<ChartTooltip content={<ChartTooltipContent />} />
<Bar dataKey="desktop" fill="var(--color-desktop)" radius={4} />
<Bar dataKey="mobile" fill="var(--color-mobile)" radius={4} />
</BarChart>
</ChartContainer>
Hover to see the tooltips. Easy, right? Two components, and we've got a beautiful tooltip.
Add Legend
We'll do the same for the legend. We'll use the ChartLegend
and ChartLegendContent
components from chart
.
Import the ChartLegend
and ChartLegendContent
components.
import { ChartLegend, ChartLegendContent } from "@/components/ui/chart"
Add the components to your chart.
<ChartContainer config={chartConfig} className="h-[200px] w-full">
<BarChart accessibilityLayer data={chartData}>
<CartesianGrid vertical={false} />
<XAxis
dataKey="month"
tickLine={false}
tickMargin={10}
axisLine={false}
tickFormatter={(value) => value.slice(0, 3)}
/>
<ChartTooltip content={<ChartTooltipContent />} />
<ChartLegend content={<ChartLegendContent />} />
<Bar dataKey="desktop" fill="var(--color-desktop)" radius={4} />
<Bar dataKey="mobile" fill="var(--color-mobile)" radius={4} />
</BarChart>
</ChartContainer>
Done. You've built your first chart! What's next?
Chart Config
The chart config is where you define the labels, icons and colors for a chart.
It is intentionally decoupled from chart data.
This allows you to share config and color tokens between charts. It can also works independently for cases where your data or color tokens live remotely or in a different format.
import { Monitor } from "lucide-react"
import { type ChartConfig } from "@/components/ui/chart"
const chartConfig = {
desktop: {
label: "Desktop",
icon: Monitor,
// A color like 'hsl(220, 98%, 61%)' or 'var(--color-name)'
color: "#2563eb",
// OR a theme object with 'light' and 'dark' keys
theme: {
light: "#2563eb",
dark: "#dc2626",
},
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
Theming
Charts has built-in support for theming. You can use css variables (recommended) or color values in any color format, such as hex, hsl or oklch.
CSS Variables
Define your colors in your css file
@layer base {
:root {
--background: 0 0% 100%;
--foreground: 240 10% 3.9%;
// ...
--chart-1: 12 76% 61%;
--chart-2: 173 58% 39%;
}
.dark: {
--background: 240 10% 3.9%;
--foreground: 0 0% 100%;
// ...
--chart-1: 220 70% 50%;
--chart-2: 160 60% 45%;
}
}
Add the color to your chartConfig
const chartConfig = {
desktop: {
label: "Desktop",
color: "hsl(var(--chart-1))",
},
mobile: {
label: "Mobile",
color: "hsl(var(--chart-2))",
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
We're wrapping the value in hsl()
here because we define the colors without color space function.
This is not required. You can use full color values, such as hex, hsl or oklch.
--chart-1: oklch(70% 0.227 154.59);
color: "var(--chart-1)",
hex, hsl or oklch
You can also define your colors directly in the chart config. Use the color format you prefer.
const chartConfig = {
desktop: {
label: "Desktop",
color: "#2563eb",
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
Using Colors
To use the theme colors in your chart, reference the colors using the format var(--color-KEY)
.
Components
<Bar dataKey="desktop" fill="var(--color-desktop)" />
Chart Data
const chartData = [
{ browser: "chrome", visitors: 275, fill: "var(--color-chrome)" },
{ browser: "safari", visitors: 200, fill: "var(--color-safari)" },
]
Tailwind
<LabelList className="fill-[--color-desktop]" />
Tooltip
A chart tooltip contains a label, name, indicator and value. You can use a combination of these to customize your tooltip.
You can turn on/off any of these using the hideLabel
, hideIndicator
props and customize the indicator style using the indicator
prop.
Use labelKey
and nameKey
to use a custom key for the tooltip label and name.
Chart comes with the <ChartTooltip>
and <ChartTooltipContent>
components. You can use these two components to add custom tooltips to your chart.
import { ChartTooltip, ChartTooltipContent } from "@/components/ui/chart"
<ChartTooltip content={<ChartTooltipContent />} />
Props
Use the following props to customize the tooltip.
Prop | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
labelKey | string | The config or data key to use for the label. |
nameKey | string | The config or data key to use for the name. |
indicator | dot line or dashed | The indicator style for the tooltip. |
hideLabel | boolean | Whether to hide the label. |
hideIndicator | boolean | Whether to hide the indicator. |
Colors
Colors are automatically referenced from the chart config.
Custom
To use a custom key for tooltip label and names, use the labelKey
and nameKey
props.
const chartData = [
{ browser: "chrome", visitors: 187, fill: "var(--color-chrome)" },
{ browser: "safari", visitors: 200, fill: "var(--color-safari)" },
]
const chartConfig = {
visitors: {
label: "Total Visitors",
},
chrome: {
label: "Chrome",
color: "hsl(var(--chart-1))",
},
safari: {
label: "Safari",
color: "hsl(var(--chart-2))",
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
<ChartTooltip
content={<ChartTooltipContent labelKey="visitors" nameKey="browser" />}
/>
This will use Total Visitors
for label and Chrome
and Safari
for the tooltip names.
Legend
You can use the custom <ChartLegend>
and <ChartLegendContent>
components to add a legend to your chart.
import { ChartLegend, ChartLegendContent } from "@/components/ui/chart"
<ChartLegend content={<ChartLegendContent />} />
Colors
Colors are automatically referenced from the chart config.
Custom
To use a custom key for legend names, use the nameKey
prop.
const chartData = [
{ browser: "chrome", visitors: 187, fill: "var(--color-chrome)" },
{ browser: "safari", visitors: 200, fill: "var(--color-safari)" },
]
const chartConfig = {
chrome: {
label: "Chrome",
color: "hsl(var(--chart-1))",
},
safari: {
label: "Safari",
color: "hsl(var(--chart-2))",
},
} satisfies ChartConfig
<ChartLegend content={<ChartLegendContent nameKey="browser" />} />
This will use Chrome
and Safari
for the legend names.
Accessibility
You can turn on the accessibilityLayer
prop to add an accessible layer to your chart.
This prop adds keyboard access and screen reader support to your charts.
<LineChart accessibilityLayer />