accent-color

The accent-color CSS property sets the accent color for user-interface controls generated by some elements.

Try it

Browsers that support accent-color currently apply it to the following HTML elements:

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
accent-color: auto;

/* <color> values */
accent-color: red;
accent-color: #5729e9;
accent-color: rgb(0, 200, 0);
accent-color: hsl(228, 4%, 24%);

/* Global values */
accent-color: inherit;
accent-color: initial;
accent-color: revert;
accent-color: revert-layer;
accent-color: unset;

Values

auto

Represents a UA-chosen color, which should match the accent color of the platform, if any.

<color>

Specifies the color to be used as the accent color.

Formal definition

Initial value auto
Applies to all elements
Inherited yes
Computed value auto is computed as specified and <color> values are computed as defined for the color property.
Animation type by computed value type

Formal syntax

accent-color = 
auto |
<color>

<color> =
<absolute-color-base> |
currentcolor |
<system-color>

<absolute-color-base> =
<hex-color> |
<absolute-color-function> |
<named-color> |
transparent

<absolute-color-function> =
<rgb()> |
<rgba()> |
<hsl()> |
<hsla()> |
<hwb()> |
<lab()> |
<lch()> |
<oklab()> |
<oklch()> |
<color()>

<rgb()> =
rgb( [ <percentage> | none ]{3} [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? ) |
rgb( [ <number> | none ]{3} [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<hsl()> =
hsl( [ <hue> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<hwb()> =
hwb( [ <hue> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ <percentage> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<lab()> =
lab( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<lch()> =
lch( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <hue> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<oklab()> =
oklab( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<oklch()> =
oklch( [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <percentage> | <number> | none ] [ <hue> | none ] [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<color()> =
color( <colorspace-params> [ / [ <alpha-value> | none ] ]? )

<alpha-value> =
<number> |
<percentage>

<hue> =
<number> |
<angle> |
none

<colorspace-params> =
<predefined-rgb-params> |
<xyz-params>

<predefined-rgb-params> =
<predefined-rgb> [ <number> | <percentage> | none ]{3}

<xyz-params> =
<xyz-space> [ <number> | none ]{3}

<predefined-rgb> =
srgb |
srgb-linear |
display-p3 |
a98-rgb |
prophoto-rgb |
rec2020

<xyz-space> =
xyz |
xyz-d50 |
xyz-d65

Examples

Setting a custom accent color

HTML

<input type="checkbox" checked />
<input type="checkbox" class="custom" checked />

CSS

input {
  accent-color: auto;
  display: block;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
}

input.custom {
  accent-color: rebeccapurple;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 4
# widget-accent

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
accent-color
93
91-93
93
91-93
92
90-92
Enabled by default in Firefox Nightly.
No
79
77-79
15.4
93
93
91-93
92
66
15.4
17.0

See also

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/accent-color