- CSS color Property
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- Borders:
- Tables:
- Cards:
- Background Colors
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- Text Colors
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- Hover Colors
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- Example
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- Example
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- Color libraries
- Color keywords
- W3.CSS Colors
- Coloring HTML Elements
- Containers:
- Buttons:
- Text:
- Borders:
- Tables:
- Cards:
- Background Colors
- London
- London
- London
- Example
- London
- London
- London
- Text Colors
- London
- London
- Example
- London
- Hover Colors
- London
- Example
- London
- London
- Example
- London
- Color libraries
CSS color Property
Tip: Use a background color combined with a text color that makes the text easy to read.
Default value: | not specified |
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Inherited: | yes |
Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
Version: | CSS1 |
JavaScript syntax: | object.style.color=»#0000FF» Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
CSS Syntax
Property Values
Value | Description | Demo |
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color | Specifies the text color. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values. | Demo ❯ |
initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
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Set the text color with a HEX value:
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Set the text color with an RGB value:
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Set the text color with an RGBA value:
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Set the text color with a HSL value:
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Set the text color with a HSLA value:
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W3.CSS Colors
The default color scheme used in W3.CSS is inspired by Material Design Colors (colors used in marketing, road signs, and sticky notes).
Coloring HTML Elements
The w3-color and w3-text-color classes can be used to color any HTML element:
Containers:
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Buttons:
Text:
Borders:
Tables:
Cards:
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Background Colors
The w3-color classes set the background color for any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
The colors gray and grey are interchangeable in all W3.CSS classes.
Text Colors
The w3-text-color classes set the text color of any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Hover Colors
The w3-hover-color classes define the background hover color for any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
The w3-hover-text-color classes define the text hover color for any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Color libraries
In addition to standard W3.CSS colors, W3.CSS can also use colors from a lot of different color libraries:
Color keywords
Note: As of [CSS Color], the CSS2 System Color values have been deprecated in favor of the CSS3 UI ‘[appearance]’ property.
- ActiveBorder
Active window border.
- ActiveCaption
Active window caption.
- AppWorkspace
Background color of multiple document interface.
- Background
Desktop background.
- ButtonFace
The face background color for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to one layer of surrounding border.
- ButtonHighlight
The color of the border facing the light source for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to one layer of surrounding border.
- ButtonShadow
The color of the border away from the light source for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to one layer of surrounding border.
- ButtonText
Text on push buttons.
- CaptionText
Text in caption, size box, and scrollbar arrow box.
- GrayText
Grayed (disabled) text. This color is set to #000 if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color.
- Highlight
Item(s) selected in a control.
- HighlightText
Text of item(s) selected in a control.
- InactiveBorder
Inactive window border.
- InactiveCaption
Inactive window caption.
- InactiveCaptionText
Color of text in an inactive caption.
- InfoBackground
Background color for tooltip controls.
- InfoText
Text color for tooltip controls.
- Menu
Menu background.
- MenuText
Text in menus.
- Scrollbar
Scroll bar gray area.
- ThreeDDarkShadow
The color of the darker (generally outer) of the two borders away from the light source for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to two concentric layers of surrounding border.
- ThreeDFace
The face background color for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to two concentric layers of surrounding border.
- ThreeDHighlight
The color of the lighter (generally outer) of the two borders facing the light source for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to two concentric layers of surrounding border.
- ThreeDLightShadow
The color of the darker (generally inner) of the two borders facing the light source for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to two concentric layers of surrounding border.
- ThreeDShadow
The color of the lighter (generally inner) of the two borders away from the light source for 3-D elements that appear 3-D due to two concentric layers of surrounding border.
- Window
Window background.
- WindowFrame
Window frame.
- WindowText
Text in windows.
W3.CSS Colors
The default color scheme used in W3.CSS is inspired by Material Design Colors (colors used in marketing, road signs, and sticky notes).
Coloring HTML Elements
The w3-color and w3-text-color classes can be used to color any HTML element:
Containers:
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Buttons:
Text:
Borders:
Tables:
Cards:
A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels. (Wikipedia)
Background Colors
The w3-color classes set the background color for any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
The colors gray and grey are interchangeable in all W3.CSS classes.
Text Colors
The w3-text-color classes set the text color of any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Hover Colors
The w3-hover-color classes define the background hover color for any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
The w3-hover-text-color classes define the text hover color for any HTML element:
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Example
London
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.
Color libraries
In addition to standard W3.CSS colors, W3.CSS can also use colors from a lot of different color libraries: