CSS - text-emphasis-color

Example

h2 {
  text-emphasis-color: #555;
}

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: unset;

Values

<color>

Defines the color of the mark. If no color is present, it defaults to currentColor.

Formal syntax

<a href="css/color_value" title=""><color></a><p>where <br><code><color> = <a href="css/text-emphasis-color#rgb()"><rgb()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/text-emphasis-color#rgba()"><rgba()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/text-emphasis-color#hsl()"><hsl()></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/text-emphasis-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/text-emphasis-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/text-emphasis-color#deprecated-system-color"><deprecated-system-color></a></code></p><p>where <br><code><rgb()> = rgb( <a href="css/text-emphasis-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/text-emphasis-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/text-emphasis-color#alpha-value"><alpha-value></a> )<br><hsl()> = hsl( <a href="css/text-emphasis-color#hue"><hue></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a> )<br><hsla()> = hsla( <a href="css/text-emphasis-color#hue"><hue></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>, <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>, <a href="css/text-emphasis-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 text-emphasis-color CSS property defines the color used to draw an emphasis mark. It can also be set, and reset, using the text-emphasis shorthand.

Browser Compatibility  

[1] In Firefox 45, it wasn't activated by default: in about:config, the user has to set the preference layout.css.text-emphasis.enabled to true.

See Also  

• The related properties text-emphasis-style, text-emphasis.
• The text-emphasis-position property allowing to define the position of the emphasis marks.

Specifications  

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