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border-block-end-color

The border-block-end-color CSS property defines the color of the logical block-end border of an element, which maps to a physical border color depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the {{cssxref("border-top-color")}}, {{cssxref("border-right-color")}}, {{cssxref("border-bottom-color")}}, or {{cssxref("border-left-color")}} property depending on the values defined for {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, and {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}.

{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/css/border-block-end-color.html")}}

Syntax​

border-block-end-color: yellow;
border-block-end-color: #f5f6f7;

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

Related properties are {{cssxref("border-block-start-color")}}, {{cssxref("border-inline-start-color")}}, and {{cssxref("border-inline-end-color")}}, which define the other border colors of the element.

Values​

    • : The color of the border.

Formal definition​

Formal syntax​

Examples​

Border color with vertical text​

HTML​

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS​

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  border: 10px solid blue;
  border-block-end-color: red;
}

Results​

{{EmbedLiveSample("Border_color_with_vertical_text", 140, 140)}}

Specifications​

Browser compatibility​

See also​

  • CSS Logical Properties and Values
  • This property maps to one of the physical border properties: {{cssxref("border-top-color")}}, {{cssxref("border-right-color")}}, {{cssxref("border-bottom-color")}}, or {{cssxref("border-left-color")}}.
  • {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}