CSS border-left-color Property

The border-left-color property specifies the color of the left border of an element.

The color of the left border with the colors of the right, top and bottom borders, can be specified with the border-color shorthand property as well.

If you use the border-left-color property, you should first set the border-style or border-left-style properties and then change the color of the specified style.

The default width of a border is medium. You can define the width using either the border-width or border-left-width properties.

Initial Value currentColor
Applies to All elements. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inherited No
Animatable Yes. The color of the left border is animatable.
Version CSS1
DOM Syntax object.style.borderLeft = "1px solid black";

Syntax

border-left-color: color | transparent | initial | inherit;

Example of the border-left-color property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        width: 300px;
        padding: 20px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-color: #666;
        border-left-color: #1c87c9;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Border-left-color example</h2>
    <div>Example for the border-left-color property with different left border color.</div>
  </body>
</html>

Result

CSS border-left-color property

Consider another example where the value is set to transparent for the left border.

Example of the border-left-color property with the "transparent" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      h2 {
        padding: 3px;
        text-align: center;
        border: 15px ridge #8ebf42;
        border-left-color: transparent;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>A heading with a transparent left border</h2>
  </body>
</html>
You can set hexadecimal, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA or color names as a value for the border-left-color property.

Example of the border-left-color property with a named color value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        padding: 3px;
        border-left-style: solid;
        border-left-color: darkred;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div>Border-left-color property with a named color value.</div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the border-left-color property with a hexadecimal value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        padding: 3px;
        border-left-style: solid;
        border-left-color: #1c87c9;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div>Border-left-color property with a hexadecimal value.</div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the border-left-color property with a RGB value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        padding: 3px;
        border-left-style: solid;
        border-left-color: rgb(142, 191, 66);
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div>Border-left-color property with a RGB value.</div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the border-left-color property with a HSL value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        padding: 3px;
        border-left-style: solid;
        border-left-color: hsl(89, 43%, 51%);
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div>Border-left-color property with a HSL value.</div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

Value Description Play it
color Defines the color of the left border. Default color is the color of the current element. Color names, hexadecimal color codes, rgb(), rgba(), hsl(), hsla() can be used. Required value. Play it »
transparent Applies a transparent color to the left border. The left border will still take up the space defined by the border-width value. Play it »
initial Sets the property to its default value. Play it »
inherit Inherits the property from its parent element.

Browser support

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1.0+ 1.0+ 1.0+ 3.5+

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