CSS border-color Property

Example

Set the color of the four borders:

p
{
border-style:solid;
border-color:#ff0000 #0000ff;
}

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The border-color property sets the color of an element's four borders. This property can have from one to four values.

Examples:

border-color:red green blue pink;
- top border is red
- right border is green
- bottom border is blue
- left border is pink
border-color:red green blue;
- top border is red
- right and left borders are green
- bottom border is blue
border-color:dotted red green;
- top and bottom borders are red
- right and left borders are green
border-color:red;
- all four borders are red

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

Default value:	not specified
Inherited:	no
Version:	CSS1
JavaScript syntax:	object.style.borderColor="#FF0000 blue"

The border-color property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: Internet Explorer 6 (and earlier versions) does not support the property value "transparent".

Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".

Value	Description
color_name	Specifies the border color with a color name, like red
hex_number	Specifies the border color with a hex code, like #ff0000
rgb_number	Specifies the border color with an RGB code, like rgb(255,0,0)
transparent	Specifies that the border color should be transparent. This is default
inherit	Specifies that the border color should be inherited from the parent element

CSS tutorial: CSS Border