html - Change more SVG path color when hover

Question

I have this code below.

.icon {stroke-width: 0; stroke: currentColor; fill: currentColor;}

a {color: red}
a:hover {color: pink}
a:hover circle {fill: green !important; color: orange}
a:hover path {fill: blue !important}

    <a href=""><svg class="icon team"><use xlink:href="#team"></use></svg></a>
    ...
<svg aria-hidden="true" style="position: absolute; width: 0; height: 0; overflow: hidden;" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<defs>
<symbol id="team" viewBox="0 0 123 123">
<circle fill="currentColor" cx="19.5" cy="12.2" r="12.1"/>
<path d="M6,66.699h1.2v24c0,3.301,2.7,6,6,6h12.6c3.3,0,6-2.699,6-6V89.3c-1.1-2.101-1.8-4.5-1.8-7v-31.4c0-6.1,3.7-11.4,9-13.7 v-2.4c0-3.3-2.7-6-6-6H6c-3.3,0-6,2.7-6,6v25.9C0,64,2.6,66.699,6,66.699z"/>
<circle fill="#ccc" cx="103.3" cy="12.2" r="12.1"/>
<path   fill="#000" d="M83.699,34.7v2.4c5.301,2.3,9,7.6,9,13.7v31.3c0,2.5-0.6,4.9-1.799,7v1.4c0,3.3,2.699,6,6,6h12.6c3.3,0,6-2.7,6-6v-24 h1.199c3.301,0,6-2.7,6-6V34.7c0-3.3-2.699-6-6-6h-27C86.4,28.7,83.699,31.399,83.699,34.7z"/>
<path   fill="#553" d="M39.1,50.899L39.1,50.899v9.8v21.6c0,3.3,2.7,6,6,6h2.3v28.3c0,3.3,2.7,6,6,6h16.1c3.3,0,6-2.7,6-6v-28.4h2.3 c3.3,0,6-2.699,6-6V60.7v-9.8l0,0c0-3.3-2.7-6-6-6H45.1C41.7,44.899,39.1,47.6,39.1,50.899z"/>
<circle fill="f00" cx="61.4" cy="26" r="13.9"/>
</symbol>
</defs>
</svg>

Answer 1

Maybe with some CSS variables. You cannot target elements inside the use but you can rely on inheritance to pass some values.

.icon {
  stroke-width: 0;
  stroke: currentColor;
  fill: currentColor;
}

a {
  color: red
}

a:hover {
  color: pink;
  --s1:green;
  --s2:blue;
  --p1:purple;
  --p2:yellow;
}

<a href=""><svg class="icon team"><use xlink:href="#team"></use></svg></a>

<svg aria-hidden="true" style="position: absolute; width: 0; height: 0; overflow: hidden;" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<defs>
<symbol id="team" viewBox="0 0 123 123">
<circle fill="currentColor" cx="19.5" cy="12.2" r="12.1"/>
<path d="M6,66.699h1.2v24c0,3.301,2.7,6,6,6h12.6c3.3,0,6-2.699,6-6V89.3c-1.1-2.101-1.8-4.5-1.8-7v-31.4c0-6.1,3.7-11.4,9-13.7 v-2.4c0-3.3-2.7-6-6-6H6c-3.3,0-6,2.7-6,6v25.9C0,64,2.6,66.699,6,66.699z"/>
<circle style="fill:var(--s1,#ccc)" cx="103.3" cy="12.2" r="12.1"/>
<path   style="fill:var(--p1,#000)" d="M83.699,34.7v2.4c5.301,2.3,9,7.6,9,13.7v31.3c0,2.5-0.6,4.9-1.799,7v1.4c0,3.3,2.699,6,6,6h12.6c3.3,0,6-2.7,6-6v-24 h1.199c3.301,0,6-2.7,6-6V34.7c0-3.3-2.699-6-6-6h-27C86.4,28.7,83.699,31.399,83.699,34.7z"/>
<path   style="fill:var(--p2,#553)" d="M39.1,50.899L39.1,50.899v9.8v21.6c0,3.3,2.7,6,6,6h2.3v28.3c0,3.3,2.7,6,6,6h16.1c3.3,0,6-2.7,6-6v-28.4h2.3 c3.3,0,6-2.699,6-6V60.7v-9.8l0,0c0-3.3-2.7-6-6-6H45.1C41.7,44.899,39.1,47.6,39.1,50.899z"/>
<circle style="fill:var(--s2,#f00)" cx="61.4" cy="26" r="13.9"/>
</symbol>
</defs>
</svg>