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`border-left-color` CSS property

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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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border-left-color: red;

border-left-color: #32a1ce;

border-left-color: rgb(170 50 220 / 0.6);

border-left-color: hsl(60 90% 50% / 0.8);

border-left-color: transparent;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    This is a box with a border around it.
  </div>
</section>

#example-element {
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  color: black;
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

Syntax

/* <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;

Values

This property is specified as one value:

Formal definition

Formal syntax

Examples

A div with a border

HTML

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

CSS

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

.red-text {
  color: red;
}

Result

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Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also