text-emphasis-color

The text-emphasis-color CSS property defines the color used to draw emphasis marks on text being rendered in the HTML document. This value can also be set and reset using the text-emphasis shorthand.

/* 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;

Syntax

Values

<color>

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

Formal syntax

<color>
where 
<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>
where 
<rgb()> = rgb( [ [ <percentage>{3} | <number>{3} ] [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ [ <percentage>#{3} | <number>#{3} ] , <alpha-value>? ] )
<rgba()> = rgba( [ [ <percentage>{3} | <number>{3} ] [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ [ <percentage>#{3} | <number>#{3} ] , <alpha-value>? ] )
<hsl()> = hsl( [ <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? ] )
<hsla()> = hsla( [ <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ] | [ <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? ] )
where 
<alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage>
<hue> = <number> | <angle>

Examples

CSS

h3 {
  text-emphasis-color: #555;
  text-emphasis-style: "*";
}

HTML

<p>Here's an example:</p>

<h3>This has emphasis marks!</h3>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The <color> data type
• The other emphasis mark related properties: text-emphasis-style, text-emphasis, and text-emphasis-position.
• Other color-related properties: color, background-color, border-color, outline-color, text-emphasis-color, text-shadow, caret-color, and column-rule-color
• Applying color to HTML elements using CSS