border-left-color

The border-left-color CSS property sets the color of an element's left border. It can also be set with the shorthand CSS properties border-color or border-left.

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Syntax

css
/* <color> values */
border-left-color: red;
border-left-color: #ffbb00;
border-left-color: rgb(255 0 0);
border-left-color: hsl(100deg 50% 25% / 75%);
border-left-color: currentcolor;
border-left-color: transparent;

/* Global values */
border-left-color: inherit;
border-left-color: initial;
border-left-color: revert;
border-left-color: revert-layer;
border-left-color: unset;

The border-left-color property is specified as a single value.

Values

<color>

The color of the left border.

Formal definition

Initial valuecurrentcolor
Applies toall elements. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inheritedno
Computed valuecomputed color
Animation typea color

Formal syntax

border-left-color = 
<color> |
<image-1D>

<image-1D> =
<stripes()>

<stripes()> =
stripes( <color-stripe># )

<color-stripe> =
<color> &&
[ <length-percentage> | <flex> ]?

<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>

Examples

A simple div with a border

HTML

html
<div class="mybox">
  <p>
    This is a box with a border around it. Note which side of the box is
    <span class="redtext">red</span>.
  </p>
</div>

CSS

css
.mybox {
  border: solid 0.3em gold;
  border-left-color: red;
  width: auto;
}

.redtext {
  color: red;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3
# border-color

Browser compatibility

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See also