Screen: colorDepth property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The Screen.colorDepth read-only property returns the color depth of the screen. Per the CSSOM, some implementations return 24 for compatibility reasons. See the browser compatibility section for those that don't.

Value

A number.

Examples

js
// Check the color depth of the screen
if (window.screen.colorDepth < 8) {
  // Use low-color version of page
} else {
  // Use regular, colorful page
}

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module
# dom-screen-colordepth

Browser compatibility

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See also