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CSS border-color Property

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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:red green;
    • top and bottom borders are red
    • right and left borders are green

  • 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: not specified
Inherited: no
Version: CSS1
JavaScript syntax: object.style.borderColor="#FF0000 blue"

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

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: The value "inherit" is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 supports "inherit".

Property Values

Value Description Play it
color Specifies the background color. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values Play it »
transparent Specifies that the border color should be transparent. This is default Play it »
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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