CSS border-color Property
Example
.exmp1 {
border: 10px solid;
border-color: red;
}
.exmp2 {
border: 10px solid;
border-color: red green;
}
.exmp3 {
border: 10px solid;
border-color: red green blue;
}
.exmp4 {
border: 10px solid;
border-color: red green blue yellow;
}Hello World!
Meaning
The border-color CSS property is a shorthand property for setting the individual border color properties.
How to use border-color property:
1. border-color property has 4 values: border-color: red green blue yellow;
- top border is red
- right border is green
- bottom border is blue
- left border is yellow
2. border-color property has 4 values: border-color: red green blue;
- top border is red
- right and left borders are green
- bottom border is blue
3. border-color property has 2 values: border-color: red green;
- top and bottom borders are red
- right and left borders are green
4. border-color property has 1 values: border-color: red;
- top, bottom, right and left borders are red
| Default value: | The current color of the element |
| Inherited: | No |
| Animatable: | No |
| Version: | CSS |
| JavaScript syntax: | |
Standard Syntax
border-color: color|transparent|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Status
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| color | Specifies the border color. Default color is the current color of the element. |
| transparent | Specifies that the border color should be transparent. |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. |
| inherit | If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property. |
| revert | Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property |
| revert-layer | Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers. |
| unset | Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not. |
Default CSS Property Values
selectors {
border-color: The current color of the element;
}