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CSS border-color Property


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Definition

The border-color property sets the color of the four borders. This property can take one to four colors.

Inherited: No

Note: Always declare the border-style property before the border-color property. An element must have borders before you change the color of them.


JavaScript Syntax

CSS properties can also be dynamically changed with a JavaScript.

Scripting Syntax: object.style.borderColor="#0000FF #00FF00"

In our HTML DOM tutorial you can find more details about the borderColor property.

In our HTML DOM tutorial you can also find a full Style Object Reference.


Example

table {border-color: red}
all four borders will be red

table {border-color: red green}
top and bottom border will be red, left and right border will be green 

table {border-color: red green blue}
top border will be red, left and right border will be green, bottom border will be blue

table {border-color: red green blue yellow}
top border will be red, right border will be green, bottom border  will be blue, left border will be yellow

Possible Values

Value Description
color The color value can be a color name (red), a rgb value (rgb(255,0,0)), or a hex number (#FF0000). 
transparent The border is transparent


Try-It-Yourself Demos

Set the color of the four borders
This example demonstrates how to set the color of the four borders. It can have from one to four colors.


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