CSS - outline-color

Example

<p class="example">My outline is blue, da ba dee.</p>

.example {
  /* first need to set "outline" */
  outline: 2px solid;
  /* make the outline blue */
  outline-color: #0000FF;
}

Syntax  

/* Keyword values */
outline-color: invert;
outline-color: red;

/* Global values */
outline-color: inherit;
outline-color: initial;
outline-color: unset;

Values

<color>

See <color> for the various color keywords and notations.

invert

To ensure the outline is visible, performs a color inversion of the background. This makes the focus border more salient, regardless of the color in the background. Note that browsers are not required to support it. If not, they just consider the statement as invalid

Formal syntax

<a href="css/color_value" title=""><color></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> invert<p>where <br><code><color> = <a href="css/outline-color#rgb()"><rgb()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/outline-color#rgba()"><rgba()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/outline-color#hsl()"><hsl()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/outline-color#hsla()"><hsla()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <hex-color> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/outline-color#named-color"><named-color></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> currentcolor <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/outline-color#deprecated-system-color"><deprecated-system-color></a></code></p><p>where <br><code><rgb()> = rgb( <a href="css/outline-color#rgb-component"><rgb-component></a><a href="css/value_definition_syntax#hash_mark_(.23)" title="Hash mark">#</a><a href="css/value_definition_syntax#curly_braces_(.7b_.7d)" title="Curly braces">{</a>3<a href="css/value_definition_syntax#curly_braces_(.7b_.7d)" title="Curly braces">}</a> )<br><rgba()> = rgba( <a href="css/outline-color#rgb-component"><rgb-component></a><a href="css/value_definition_syntax#hash_mark_(.23)" title="Hash mark">#</a><a href="css/value_definition_syntax#curly_braces_(.7b_.7d)" title="Curly braces">{</a>3<a href="css/value_definition_syntax#curly_braces_(.7b_.7d)" title="Curly braces">}</a> , <a href="css/outline-color#alpha-value"><alpha-value></a> )<br><hsl()> = hsl( <a href="css/outline-color#hue"><hue></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a> )<br><hsla()> = hsla( <a href="css/outline-color#hue"><hue></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>, <a href="css/outline-color#alpha-value"><alpha-value></a> )<br><named-color> = <ident><br><deprecated-system-color> = ActiveBorder <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ActiveCaption <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> AppWorkspace <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> Background <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ButtonFace <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ButtonHighlight <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ButtonShadow <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ButtonText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> CaptionText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> GrayText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> Highlight <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> HighlightText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> InactiveBorder <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> InactiveCaption <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> InactiveCaptionText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> InfoBackground <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> InfoText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> Menu <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> MenuText <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> Scrollbar <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ThreeDDarkShadow <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ThreeDFace <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ThreeDHighlight <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ThreeDLightShadow <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> ThreeDShadow <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> Window <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> WindowFrame <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> WindowText</code></p><p>where <br><code><rgb-component> = <a href="css/integer" title=""><integer></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a><br><alpha-value> = <a href="css/number" title=""><number></a><br><hue> = <a href="css/number" title=""><number></a></code></p>

Description  

The outline-color CSS property sets the color of the outline of an element. An outline is a line that is drawn around elements, outside the border edge, to make the element stand out.

Browser Compatibility  

[1] In versions previous to Gecko 1.8: -moz-outline-color.

[2] Support had been dropped in version 3.0 (1.9).

[3] Supported in Opera 7 but support was dropped in  Opera 15 with the adoption of Chromium/Blink engine.

Specifications  

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