CSS

border-color

Property

Example

Set a color for the border:

div {border-color: coral;}

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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.

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Default value:
The current color of the element

Inherited:
no

Animatable:
yes. Read about animatable
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Version:
CSS1

JavaScript syntax:
object.style.borderColor=”#FF0000 blue”
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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
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transparent
Specifies that the border color should be transparent
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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 a HEX value:

div {border-color: #92a8d1;}

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Example

Set a color for the border with an RGB value:

div {border-color: rgb(201, 76, 76);}

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Example

Set a color for the border with an RGBA value:

div {border-color: rgba(201, 76, 76, 0.3);}

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Example

Set a color for the border with a HSL value:

div {border-color: hsl(89, 43%, 51%);}

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Example

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