CSS text-decoration-color Property

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Example

Set the color of the text-decoration to red:

p {
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration-color: red;
}

Definition and Usage

The text-decoration-color property specifies the color of the text-decoration (underlines, overlines, linethroughs).

Tip: Also look at the text-decoration property, which is a short-hand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-style, text-decoration-color, and text-decoration-thickness.

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Default value:	currentColor
Inherited:	no
Animatable:	yes. Read about animatable Try it
Version:	CSS3
JavaScript syntax:	object.style.textDecorationColor="red" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Numbers followed by -moz- or -webkit- specify the first version that worked with a prefix.

Property
text-decoration-color	57.0	79.0	36.0 6.0 -moz-	12.1 7.1 -webkit-	44.0

CSS Syntax

text-decoration-color: color|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value	Description	Play it
color	Specifies the color of the text-decoration	Demo ❯
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

CSS tutorial: CSS Text Decoration

HTML DOM reference: textDecorationColor property