CSS border-color Property

Description

The border-color property specifies the border color of an element. Used as a shortcut to determine the entire border color in one rule.

Initial value

See individual properties

Applies to

All elements

Inherited

No

Media

Visual

Computed value

See individual properties

Animatable

Yes

CSS Version

CSS1, CSS2, CSS3

JavaScript syntax

object.style.borderColor

Syntax

border-color: <color>{1,4} 

Values

• <color>Specify the color to use on all borders. This can be anywhere from one to four values representing the top, right, bottom, and left border respectively.
• transparentThis will apply a border that is not visible but it can have a width applied.
• inherit

Example

<div class="border">This is an example of the border-color property using a purple solid border 2px in width.</div>

.border {
   border-style: solid;
   border-width: 2px;
   border-color: purple;
   margin: 20px;
   padding: 20px;
}

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Browser Support

Desktop
4	12	1	1	3.5	1
Tablets / Mobile
4	18	4	10.1	1	?

Last updated by CSSPortal on: 12th October 2019