border-top-color

{{CSSRef}} 

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

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

border-top-color: red;

border-top-color: #32a1ce;

border-top-color: rgb(170, 50, 220, 0.6);

border-top-color: hsl(60, 90%, 50%, 0.8);

border-top-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: #eee;
  color: #000;
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

Syntax

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

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

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

Values

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

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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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-top-color: red;
  width: auto;
}

.red-text {
  color: red;
}

Result

{{EmbedLiveSample('A_div_with_a_border')}} 

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

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