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border-right-color

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

Syntax

/* <color> values */
border-right-color: red;
border-right-color: #ffbb00;
border-right-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);
border-right-color: hsla(100%, 50%, 25%, 0.75);
border-right-color: currentColor;
border-right-color: transparent;

/* Global values */
border-right-color: inherit;
border-right-color: initial;
border-right-color: unset;

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

Values

<color>: The color of the right border.

Formal syntax

<color>where 
<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>
where 
<rgb()> = rgb( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgb( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )
<rgba()> = rgba( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgba( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )
<hsl()> = hsl( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsl( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )
<hsla()> = hsla( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsla( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )
where 
<alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage>
<hue> = <number> | <angle>

Examples

A simple div with a border

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

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

.redtext {
  color: red;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 The definition of 'border-color' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	No significant changes, though the `transparent` keyword, now included in `<color>` which has been extended, has been formally removed.
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'border-right-color' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Initial value	`currentcolor`
Applies to	all elements. It also applies to `::first-letter`.
Inherited	no
Media	visual
Computed value	computed color
Animation type	a color
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	12	1 1 Firefox also supports the non-standard `-moz-border-right-colors` CSS property that sets the right border to multiple colors.	4	3.5	1

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	1	?	Yes	4 4 Firefox also supports the non-standard `-moz-border-right-colors` CSS property that sets the right border to multiple colors.	11	1	?