We can define the border color and outline color for an element. Unlike borders, outline doesn’t take up any space. The border-color property is used to set an element’s border color and the outline-color property is used to set its outline color.
Syntax
The syntax for CSS border-color and outline-color property is as follows −
/*for setting border-color*/
Selector {
border-color: /*value*/
}
/*for setting outline-color*/
Selector {
outline-color: /*value*/
}The following examples illustrate CSS border-color and outline-color property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
span {
margin: 15px;
padding: 20px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: limegreen crimson;
position: absolute;
outline-width: 5px;
outline-style: ridge;
outline-color: orange;
top: 15px;
border-radius: 50%;
}
div {
margin: auto;
border-style: solid;
border-color: darkmagenta dodgerblue;
outline-style: dotted;
outline-color: black;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div><span></span></div>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border-width: 5px;
border-style: ridge;
border-color: lightblue;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: darkviolet;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
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</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
