text-emphasis-color
The text-emphasis-color
CSS property sets the color of emphasis marks. This value can also be set using the text-emphasis
shorthand.
/* Initial value */
text-emphasis-color: currentcolor;
/* <color> */
text-emphasis-color: #555;
text-emphasis-color: blue;
text-emphasis-color: rgba(90, 200, 160, 0.8);
text-emphasis-color: transparent;
/* Global values */
text-emphasis-color: inherit;
text-emphasis-color: initial;
text-emphasis-color: revert;
text-emphasis-color: unset;
Syntax
Values
<color>
-
Defines the color of the emphasis marks. If no color is present, it defaults to
currentcolor
.
Formal definition
Initial value | currentcolor |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | computed color |
Animation type | a color |
Formal syntax
<color>where
<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hwb()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>
where
<rgb()> = rgb( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgb( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )
<rgba()> = rgba( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgba( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )
<hsl()> = hsl( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsl( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )
<hsla()> = hsla( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsla( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )
<hwb()> = hwb( [<hue> | none] [<percentage> | none] [<percentage> | none] [ / [<alpha-value> | none] ]? )where
<alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage>
<hue> = <number> | <angle>
Examples
Emphasis with a color and custom character
CSS
em {
text-emphasis-color: green;
text-emphasis-style: "*";
}
HTML
<p>Here's an example:</p>
<em>This has emphasis marks!</em>
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 # text-emphasis-color-property |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The
<color>
data type - The other emphasis mark related properties:
text-emphasis-style
,text-emphasis
, andtext-emphasis-position
. - Other color-related properties:
color
,background-color
,border-color
,outline-color
,text-emphasis-color
,text-shadow
,caret-color
, andcolumn-rule-color
- Applying color to HTML elements using CSS