CSS text-decoration-color Property

CSS text-decoration-color property sets the color for text decoration line in HTML Element(s).

The syntax to specify a value for text-decoration-color property is

text-decoration-color: value;

The following table gives the possible values that could be given to text-decoration-color property.

ValueDescriptionExamples
A CSS ColorAny valid CSS Color Value. Refer CSS Color Values.text-decoration-color: red;text-decoration-color: #3f5;text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 25, 255);
initialSets text-decoration-color to default value.text-decoration-color: initial;
inheritInherits text-decoration-color value from its parent element.text-decoration-color: inherit;

For text-decoration-color to take effect, make sure that text-decoration-line is set with a value that displays a line.

Examples

In the following examples, we decorate the text using text-decoration-color property.

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Decoration Line with red color

In the following example, we set the red color for text decoration line, using text-decoration-color property.

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Decoration Line with RGB color

In the following example, we set RGB color for text decoration line with rgb(), using text-decoration-color property.

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Conclusion

In this CSS Tutorial, we learned about text-decoration-color property, and how to use this property for HTML Elements, with examples.