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 valuecurrentcolor
Applies tomulticol elements
Inheritedno
Computed valuecomputed color
Animation typea 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
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Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
column-rule-color

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Full support
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See also