column-rule-color

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.

The column-rule-color CSS property sets the color of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.

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Syntax

css

/* <color> values */
column-rule-color: red;
column-rule-color: rgb(192 56 78);
column-rule-color: transparent;
column-rule-color: hsl(0 100% 50% / 60%);

/* Global values */
column-rule-color: inherit;
column-rule-color: initial;
column-rule-color: revert;
column-rule-color: revert-layer;
column-rule-color: unset;

The column-rule-color property is specified as a single <color> value.

Values

<color>: The color of the rule that separates columns.

Formal definition

Initial value	`currentcolor`
Applies to	multicol elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	computed color
Animation type	a color

Formal syntax

column-rule-color = 
  <line-color-list>       |
  <auto-line-color-list>  

<line-color-list> = 
  [ <line-color-or-repeat> ]+  

<auto-line-color-list> = 
  [ <line-color-or-repeat> ]* <auto-repeat-line-color> [ <line-color-or-repeat> ]*  

<line-color-or-repeat> = 
  <color>              |
  <repeat-line-color>  

<auto-repeat-line-color> = 
  repeat( auto , [ <color> ]+ )  

<repeat-line-color> = 
  repeat( [ <integer [1,∞]> ] , [ <color> ]+ )

Examples

Setting a blue column rule

HTML

html

<p>
  This is a bunch of text split into three columns. The `column-rule-color`
  property is used to change the color of the line that is drawn between
  columns. Don't you think that's wonderful?
</p>

CSS

css

p {
  column-count: 3;
  column-rule-style: solid;
  column-rule-color: blue;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 1 # crc

Browser compatibility

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