border-bottom-color
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 border-bottom-color CSS property sets the color of an element's bottom border. It can also be set with the shorthand CSS properties border-color or border-bottom.
Try it
border-bottom-color: red;
border-bottom-color: #32a1ce;
border-bottom-color: rgb(170 50 220 / 0.6);
border-bottom-color: hsl(60 90% 50% / 0.8);
border-bottom-color: transparent;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
<div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
This is a box with a border around it.
</div>
</section>
#example-element {
background-color: #eeeeee;
color: black;
border: 0.75em solid;
padding: 0.75em;
width: 80%;
height: 100px;
}
Syntax
css
/* <color> values */
border-bottom-color: red;
border-bottom-color: #ffbb00;
border-bottom-color: rgb(255 0 0);
border-bottom-color: hsl(100deg 50% 25% / 75%);
border-bottom-color: currentColor;
border-bottom-color: transparent;
/* Global values */
border-bottom-color: inherit;
border-bottom-color: initial;
border-bottom-color: revert;
border-bottom-color: revert-layer;
border-bottom-color: unset;
The border-bottom-color property is specified as a single value.
Values
<color>-
The color of the bottom border.
Formal definition
| Initial value | currentcolor |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter. |
| Inherited | no |
| Computed value | computed color |
| Animation type | a color |
Formal syntax
border-bottom-color =
<color> |
<image-1D>
<image-1D> =
<stripes()>
<stripes()> =
stripes( <color-stripe># )
<color-stripe> =
<color> &&
[ <length-percentage> | <flex> ]?
<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>
Examples
>A div with a border
HTML
html
<div class="my-box">
<p>
This is a box with a border around it. Note which side of the box is
<span class="red-text">red</span>.
</p>
</div>
CSS
css
.my-box {
border: solid 0.3em gold;
border-bottom-color: red;
width: auto;
}
.red-text {
color: red;
}
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3> # border-color> |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- The border-related CSS shorthand properties:
border,border-bottom, andborder-color. - The color-related CSS properties for the other borders:
border-right-color,border-top-color, andborder-left-color. - The other border-related CSS properties applying to the same border:
border-bottom-styleandborder-bottom-width. - The default
currentColorcolor value.