text-emphasis-color
The text-emphasis-color
CSS property sets the color of emphasis marks. This value can also be set using the text-emphasis
shorthand.
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Syntax
/* Initial value */
text-emphasis-color: currentcolor;
/* <color> */
text-emphasis-color: #555;
text-emphasis-color: blue;
text-emphasis-color: rgba(90, 200, 160, 0.8);
text-emphasis-color: transparent;
/* Global values */
text-emphasis-color: inherit;
text-emphasis-color: initial;
text-emphasis-color: revert;
text-emphasis-color: revert-layer;
text-emphasis-color: unset;
Values
<color>
-
Defines the color of the emphasis marks. If no color is present, it defaults to
currentcolor
.
Formal definition
Initial value | currentcolor |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | computed color |
Animation type | a color |
Formal syntax
text-emphasis-color =
<color>
<color> =
<absolute-color-base> |
currentcolor |
<system-color>
<absolute-color-base> =
<hex-color> |
<absolute-color-function> |
<named-color> |
transparent
<absolute-color-function> =
<rgb()> |
<rgba()> |
<hsl()> |
<hsla()> |
<hwb()> |
<lab()> |
<lch()> |
<oklab()> |
<oklch()> |
<color()>
<rgb()> =
rgb( [ <percentage> | none ]{3} [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? ) |
rgb( [ <number> | none ]{3} [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<hsl()> =
hsl( [ <hue> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<hwb()> =
hwb( [ <hue> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<lab()> =
lab( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<lch()> =
lch( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <hue> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<oklab()> =
oklab( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<oklch()> =
oklch( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <hue> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<color()> =
color( <colorspace-params> [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )
<alpha-value> =
<number> |
<percentage>
<hue> =
<number> |
<angle> |
none
<colorspace-params> =
<predefined-rgb-params> |
<xyz-params>
<predefined-rgb-params> =
<predefined-rgb> [ <number> | <percentage> | none ]{3}
<xyz-params> =
<xyz-space> [ <number> | none ]{3}
<predefined-rgb> =
srgb |
srgb-linear |
display-p3 |
a98-rgb |
prophoto-rgb |
rec2020
<xyz-space> =
xyz |
xyz-d50 |
xyz-d65
Examples
Emphasis with a color and custom character
CSS
em {
text-emphasis-color: green;
text-emphasis-style: "*";
}
HTML
<p>Here's an example:</p>
<em>This has emphasis marks!</em>
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 # text-emphasis-color-property |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The
<color>
data type - The other emphasis mark related properties:
text-emphasis-style
,text-emphasis
, andtext-emphasis-position
. - Other color-related properties:
color
,background-color
,border-color
,outline-color
,text-emphasis-color
,text-shadow
,caret-color
, andcolumn-rule-color
- Applying color to HTML elements using CSS