CSS border-color Property
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Definition and Usage
The border-color property sets the color of an element's four borders. This property can
have from one to four values.
If the border-color property has four values:
- border-color: red green blue pink;
- top border is red
- right border is green
- bottom border is blue
- left border is pink
If the border-color property has three values:
- border-color: red green blue;
- top border is red
- right and left borders are green
- bottom border is blue
If the border-color property has two values:
- border-color: red green;
- top and bottom borders are red
- right and left borders are green
If the border-color property has one value:
- border-color: red;
- all four borders are red
Note: Always declare the border-style property before the border-color
property. An element must have borders before you can change the color.
| Default value: | The current color of the element |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.borderColor="#FF0000 blue" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border-color | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
CSS Syntax
border-color: color|transparent|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| color | Specifies the border color. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values. Default color is the current color of the element | Demo ❯ |
| transparent | Specifies that the border color should be transparent | Demo ❯ |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
More Examples
Example
Set a color for the border with an RGB value:
div {border-color: rgb(201, 76, 76);}
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Set a color for the border with an RGBA value:
div {border-color: rgba(201, 76, 76, 0.3);}
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Set a color for the border with a HSL value:
div {border-color: hsl(89, 43%, 51%);}
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Set a color for the border with a HSLA value:
div {border-color: hsla(89, 43%, 51%, 0.3);}
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Example
Set a different border-color for each side of an element:
div.ex1 {border-color: #0000ff;}
div.ex2 {border-color: #ff0000 #0000ff;}
div.ex3 {border-color: #ff0000 #00ff00 #0000ff;}
div.ex4 {border-color:
#ff0000 #00ff00 #0000ff rgb(250,0,255);}
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Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Border
HTML DOM reference: borderColor property