How to change text selection color in the browsers using CSS ?

Last Updated : 01 Jun, 2022

Most of the browsers by default highlight the selected text in a blue background. This can be changed by using the ::selection pseudo selector in CSS.

The ::selectionselector is used for setting the CSS property to the part of the document that is selected by the user (such as clicking and dragging the mouse across text). Only some CSS properties are supported with this selector. These are color, background, cursor, and outline.

Syntax:

::selection {
    // Supported CSS Properties
}

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <style>
        ::selection {
            color: red;
            background: violet;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
 
        <h2>
            How to change the default text
            selection color in the browsers
            using CSS
        </h2>
 
         
<p> please select me </p>
 
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>