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text-emphasis-color
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2022.
The text-emphasis-color
CSS property sets the color of emphasis marks. This value can also be set using the text-emphasis
shorthand.
Try it
text-emphasis-color: currentColor;
text-emphasis-color: red;
text-emphasis-color: rgb(90 200 160 / 0.8);
<section id="default-example">
<p>
I'd far rather be
<span class="transition-all" id="example-element">happy than right</span>
any day.
</p>
</section>
p {
font: 1.5em sans-serif;
}
#example-element {
text-emphasis: filled;
}
Syntax
css
/* Initial value */
text-emphasis-color: currentColor;
/* <color> */
text-emphasis-color: #555555;
text-emphasis-color: blue;
text-emphasis-color: rgb(90 200 160 / 80%);
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 | yes |
Computed value | computed color |
Animation type | a color |
Formal syntax
text-emphasis-color =
<color>
Examples
>Emphasis with a color and custom character
CSS
css
em {
text-emphasis-color: green;
text-emphasis-style: "*";
}
HTML
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
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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-shadow
,caret-color
, andcolumn-rule-color