border-bottom-color

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

The source for this interactive example is stored in a GitHub repository. If you'd like to contribute to the interactive examples project, please clone https://github.com/mdn/interactive-examples and send us a pull request.

Syntax

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

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

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

Values

<color>

The color of the bottom border.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

<'border-top-color'>

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-bottom-color: red;
    width: auto;
}

.redtext {
    color: red;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The border-related CSS shorthand properties: border, border-bottom, and border-color.
• The color-related CSS properties for the other borders: border-right-color, border-top-color, and border-left-color.
• The other border-related CSS properties applying to the same border: border-bottom-style and border-bottom-width.