Change an HTML5 input placeholder color with CSS

In most of the browsers, the placeholder (in input tag) is of grey color, to change the color of this placeholder, non-standard ::placeholder selectors can be used, by which implement the color attribute in that particular selector.

This selector can change browser to browser, example

For Chrome, Mozilla, and Opera Browsers, selectors can be implemented as

::placeholder

For Internet Explorer selectors can be,

:-ms-input-placeholder

For Internet Edge, it can be,

::-ms-input-placeholder

Examples:

HTML Code 1:
This code shows the use of Placeholder selectors in different browsers

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Change Placeholder Color</title> 
</head> 
<style> 
::placeholder { /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ 
    color: blue; 
} 
  
:-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10-11 */ 
    color: red; 
} 
  
::-ms-input-placeholder { /* Microsoft Edge */ 
    color: orange; 
} 
</style> 
<body> 
    <p>Change Placeholder Color</p> 
    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter your Text"> 
</body> 
</html> 

Output:

In Google Chrome
In Internet Edge
In Internet Explorer

HTML Code 2:
This code implements placeholder selector in email attribute of input tag. Placeholder selectors can be apply to any attributes (text, tel, password, and etc) of input tag, to highlight change in color in any different attributes.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Change Placeholder Color</title> 
</head> 
<style> 
input[type="email"]::placeholder { /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ 
    color: blue; 
} 
  
input[type="email"]:-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10-11 */ 
    color: red; 
} 
  
input[type="email"]::-ms-input-placeholder { /* Microsoft Edge */ 
    color: orange; 
} 
</style> 
<body> 
    <p>Change Placeholder Color</p> 
    <input type="email" placeholder="Enter your Email"> 
</body> 
</html> 

Output:
emailcolor

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