CSS BORDER COLOR


To set the color of the borders, we use border-color property. The color can be set by following value types:

  • name - simply sepecify the color name, like, red
  • hex - a hex (hexadecimal) value, like, #ff0000
  • rgb - an rgb(red,green,blue) value, like rgb(255,0,0)
  • hsl - specify an hsl value, like hsl(0,100%,50%) hsl is for hue, saturation and lightness.
  • transparent - keeps the border transparent i.e. no color.

The border-color property does not work if it is used alone. Use the border-style property to set the borders first.


For Example:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.first {
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: green;
}
.second {
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: #0000ff; /* blue  hex value*/;
}
.third {
  border-style: dotted;
  border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); /* grey rgb value*/;
}
.fourth{
  border-style: dashed;
  border-color: hsl(0, 100%, 50%); /* red hsl value*/
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>The border-color Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies the color of the four borders:</p>
<p class="first">A solid green border</p>
<p class="second">A solid blue border in hex value</p>
<p class="third">A dotted grey border in rgb value</p>
<p class="fourth">A dashed red border in hsl value</p>

</body>
</html>
Live Demo!


Output:

The border-color Property

This property specifies the color of the four borders:

A solid green border

A solid blue border in hex value

A dotted grey border in rgb value

A dashed red border in hsl value



Specific side colors


The border-color property can have different colors for different sides of the border.

For example:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: red green blue yellow;
  /* red top, green right, blue bottom and yellow left */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>The border-color Property</h2>
<p>The border-color property can have from one to four values
(for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):</p>
<p class="one">A solid multicolor border</p>

</body>
</html>
Live Demo!


Output:

The border-color Property

The border-color property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):

A solid multicolor border