CSS border-color Property
 Complete CSS Reference
Example
Set the color of the four borders:
p
{
border-style:solid;
border-color:#ff0000 #0000ff;
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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.
Examples:
- border-color:red green blue pink;
- top border is red
- right border is green
- bottom border is blue
- left border is pink
- border-color:red green blue;
- top border is red
- right and left borders are green
- bottom border is blue
- border-color:dotted red green;
- top and bottom borders are red
- right and left borders are green
- border-color: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: |
not specified |
| Inherited: |
no |
| Version: |
CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: |
object.style.borderColor="#FF0000 blue" |
Browser Support
The border-color property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: Internet Explorer 6 (and earlier versions) does not support the property value "transparent".
Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".
Property Values
| Value |
Description |
| color_name |
Specifies the border color with a color name, like red |
| hex_number |
Specifies the border color with a hex code, like #ff0000 |
| rgb_number |
Specifies the border color with an RGB code, like rgb(255,0,0) |
| transparent |
Specifies that the border color should be transparent.
This is default |
| inherit |
Specifies that the border color should be inherited
from the parent element |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Border
HTML DOM reference:
borderColor property
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