text-decoration-color property - CSS Reference

text-decoration-color property CSS Reference

Definition and Usage

The text-decoration-color CSS property sets the color used when drawing underlines, overlines, or strike-throughs specified by text-decoration-line. This is the preferred way to color these text decorations, rather than using combinations of other HTML elements.

Initial currentColor
Applies to all elements
Inherited no
Media visual
Computed Value If the value is translucent, the computed value will be the rgba() corresponding one. If it isn't, it will be the rgb() corresponding one. The transparent keyword maps to rgb(0,0,0).
Animatable yes, as a color
Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Formal syntax: <color>

text-decoration-color: currentColor
text-decoration-color: red
text-decoration-color: #00ff00
text-decoration-color: rgba(255, 128, 128, 0.5)
text-decoration-color: transparent
text-decoration-color: inherit

Values

<color>: The color property accepts various keywords and numeric notations. See <color> values for more details.

Examples

.example {
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-decoration-color: red;
}

The example above has the same effect as the following code, which also adds a hover style.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.example {
  font-size: 24px;
  text-decoration: underline;
  color: red;
}
.example:hover {
  color: blue;
  text-decoration: line-through;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<span class="example">
  <span style="color:black">black text with red underline and blue hover</span>
</span>
</body>
</html>