Summary
The color
property sets the foreground color of an element's text content, and its decorations. It also sets the <currentcolor>
value which may be used as an indirect value on other properties, and is the default for other color properties, such as border-color.
Note that the color value must be a uniform color, which may include a transparency value from CSS3 onwards. It can't be a <gradient>
which is an <image>
in CSS.
Initial value | Varies from one browser to another |
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Applies to | all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line . |
Inherited | yes |
Media | visual |
Computed value | If the value is translucent, the computed value will be the rgba() corresponding one. If it isn't, it will be the rgb() corresponding one. The transparent keyword maps to rgba(0,0,0,0) . |
Animation type | a color |
Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
Syntax
/* Keyword values */ color: currentcolor; /* <named-color> values */ color: red; color: orange; color: tan; color: rebeccapurple; /* <hex-color> values */ color: #0f0; color: #00ff00; color: #0f0a; color: #00ff0080; /* <rgb()> values */ color: rgb(34, 12, 64, 0.3); color: rgba(34, 12, 64, 0.3); color: rgb(34 12 64 / 0.3); color: rgba(34 12 64 / 0.3); /* <hsl()> values */ color: hsl(30, 100%, 50%, 0.3); color: hsla(30, 100%, 50%, 0.3); color: hsl(30 100% 50% / 0.3); color: hsla(30 100% 50% / 0.3); /* Global values */ color: inherit; color: initial; color: unset;
The color
property is specified as a single <color>
value.
Values
Formal syntax
<color>where
<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>
where
<rgb()> = rgb( [ [ <percentage>{3} | <number>{3} ] [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ [ <percentage>#{3} | <number>#{3} ] , <alpha-value>? ] )
<rgba()> = rgba( [ [ <percentage>{3} | <number>{3} ] [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ [ <percentage>#{3} | <number>#{3} ] , <alpha-value>? ] )
<hsl()> = hsl( [ <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? ] )
<hsla()> = hsla( [ <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? ] )where
<alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage>
<hue> = <number> | <angle>
Examples
The following are all ways to make the element's text red:
element { color: red; } element { color: #f00; } element { color: #ff0000; } element { color: rgb(255,0,0); } element { color: rgb(100%, 0%, 0%); } element { color: hsl(0, 100%, 50%); } /* 50% translucent */ element { color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5); } element { color: hsla(0, 100%, 50%, 0.5); }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
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CSS Color Module Level 4 The definition of 'color' in that specification. |
Editor's Draft | Added commaless syntaxes for the rgb() , rgba() , hsl() , and hsla() functions and allowed to include the alpha value in rgb() and hsl() , turning rgba() and hsla() into (deprecated) aliases for them.Added color keyword rebeccapurple .Added 4- and 8-digit hex color values where the last digit represents the alpha value. Added hwb() , device-cmyk() , and color() functions. |
CSS Transitions The definition of 'color' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Defines color as animatable. |
CSS Color Module Level 3 The definition of 'color' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Deprecated system-colors; added SVG colors; added rgba() , hsl() , and hsla() functions. |
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'color' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Added the orange color and the system colors. |
CSS Level 1 The definition of 'color' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
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Basic support | 1.0 | ? | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
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Basic support | 1.0 | ? | 1.0 (1) | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
See also
- The
<color>
data type