border-color
Published May 13, 2021Updated Nov 29, 2023
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Sets the color of the border. The default value is the current element color.
Syntax
border-color: <color>;
where <color>
can be one of the following:
- Color keyword:
red
,transparent
,darkblue
- Hexadecimal value:
#FF0000
- RGB value:
rgb(255, 0, 0)
- RGBA value:
rgba(255, 0, 255, 0.3)
- HSL value:
hsl(0, 100%, 50%)
- HSLA Value:
hsla(180, 80%, 100%, 0.8)
Example 1
Set the border of the h1
element to be green, 3 pixels thick, and dotted:
h1 {border-color: green;border-width: 3px;border-style: dotted;}
Example 2
Set the top and bottom borders coral
and the left and right borders beige
:
h1 {border-color: coral beige;}
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