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@media.color

The color CSS @media media feature can be used to apply styles based on the number of bits per color component (red, green, blue) of the output device.

Syntax

The color feature is specified as an <integer> value that represents the number of bits per color component (red, green, blue) of the output device. If the device is not a color device, the value is zero. It is a range feature, meaning that you can also use the prefixed min-color and max-color variants to query minimum and maximum values, respectively.

Note: If the various color components are represented by different numbers of bits, the smallest number is used. For example, if a display uses 5 bits for blue and red and 6 bits for green, then the device is considered to use 5 bits per color component. If the device uses indexed colors, the minimum number of bits per color component in the color table is used.

See Applying color to HTML elements using CSS to learn more about using CSS to apply color to HTML.

Example

HTML

<p>How many bits does your device support for color components?</p>

CSS

p {
  color: #000;
}

/* Any color device */
@media (color) {
  p {
    color: #ff0000;
  }
}

/* Any color device with at least 8 bits per color component */
@media (min-color: 8) {
  p {
    color: #35bd19;
  }
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Queries Level 4 The definition of 'color' in that specification.	Working Draft	The value can now be negative, in which case it computes to false.
Media Queries The definition of 'color' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition. The value must be nonnegative.

Browser compatibility

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	?	(Yes)	(Yes)

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?