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border-color property is used to color all borders of the container with the same color. 

border-top-color property provide option to fill different color from parent border-color to top border of the container.

Note: Take care of order while writing the statement in CSS, i.e CSS will take last value of the property, So, for expected output always write border-top-color below border-color.

Syntax: 

border-top-color: color|transparent|initial|inherit; 

Default Value :  The current color of the element

Property Values:

  • color: It sets the color of the Element’s top-border. 
  • Transparent: It specifies the transparent value of top-border.
  • initial: It sets the Property to its default value.

Example: In this example, we are using the border-top-color: color property.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        CSS | border-top-color Property
    </title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        h3 {
            border: 2px solid green;
            border-top-color: red;
            width: 50%;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h2>border-top-color:color;</h2>
        <h3>GeeksForGeeks</h3>
 
        <!-- Sets the color-->
        <p style="border-style:dotted;
                border-top-color:coral;
                width:70%;">
            It is a computer science portal for geeks.</p>
 
    </center>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

Example:  In this example, we are using the border-top-color: transparent; property.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        CSS | border-top-color Property
    </title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        h3 {
            border: 2px solid green;
            border-top-color: transparent;
            width: 50%;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
 
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h2>border-top-color:transparent</h2>
        <h3>GeeksForGeeks</h3>
 
        <!-- Sets the color to transparent-->
        <p style="border-style:dotted;
                border-top-color:transparent;
                width:70%;">
            It is a computer science portal for geeks.</p>
    </center>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

Example: In this example, we are using the border-top-color: initial; property.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        CSS | border-top-color Property
    </title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        h3 {
            border: 2px solid green;
            border-top-color: initial;
            width: 50%;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
 
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h2>border-top-color:initial;</h2>
        <h3>GeeksForGeeks</h3>
 
        <!-- Sets the color to its default value-->
        <p style="border-style:dotted;
                border-top-color:initial;
                width:70%;">
            It is a computer science portal for geeks.</p>
    </center>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by css border-top-color property are listed below: 

  • Google Chrome 1.0
  • Edge 12.0
  • Internet Explorer 4.0
  • Firefox 1.0
  • Opera 3.5
  • Apple Safari 1.0


Last Updated : 13 Jun, 2023
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