border-right-color

The border-right-color CSS property sets the color of an element’s right border. It can also be set with the shorthand CSS properties {{cssxref("border-color")}}  or {{cssxref("border-right")}} .

{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: border-right-color")}} 

border-right-color: red;

border-right-color: #32a1ce;

border-right-color: rgb(170 50 220 / 0.6);

border-right-color: hsl(60 90% 50% / 0.8);

border-right-color: transparent;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    This is a box with a border around it.
  </div>
</section>

#example-element {
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  color: black;
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

Syntax

/* <color> values */
border-right-color: red;
border-right-color: #ffbb00;
border-right-color: rgb(255 0 0);
border-right-color: hsl(100deg 50% 25% / 75%);
border-right-color: currentColor;
border-right-color: transparent;

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

The border-right-color property is specified as a single value.

Values

• {{cssxref("<color>")}} 
  • : The color of the right border.

Formal definition

{{CSSInfo}} 

Formal syntax

{{csssyntax}} 

Examples

A div with a border

HTML

<div class="my-box">
  <p>
    This is a box with a border around it. Note which side of the box is
    <span class="red-text">red</span>.
  </p>
</div>

CSS

.my-box {
  border: solid 0.3em gold;
  border-right-color: red;
  width: auto;
}

.red-text {
  color: red;
}

Result

{{EmbedLiveSample('A_div_with_a_border')}} 

Specifications

{{Specifications}} 

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}} 

See also

• The border-related CSS shorthand properties: {{cssxref("border")}} , {{cssxref("border-right")}} , and {{cssxref("border-color")}} .
• The color-related CSS properties for the other borders: {{cssxref("border-left-color")}} , {{cssxref("border-bottom-color")}} , and {{cssxref("border-top-color")}} .
• The other border-related CSS properties applying to the same border: {{cssxref("border-right-style")}}  and {{cssxref("border-right-width")}} .
• The default currentColor color value.