---
title: ':first-child'
slug: 'Web/CSS/:first-child'
tags:
  - CSS
  - Layout
  - Pseudo-class
  - Reference
  - Web
translation_of: 'Web/CSS/:first-child'
---
<div>{{CSSRef}}</div>

<p><a href="/ko/docs/Web/CSS">CSS</a> <strong><code>:first-child</code></strong> <a href="/ko/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-classes">의사 클래스</a>는 형제 요소 중 제일 첫 요소를 나타냅니다.</p>

<pre class="brush: css no-line-numbers notranslate">/* Selects any &lt;p&gt; that is the first element
   among its siblings */
p:first-child {
  color: lime;
}</pre>

<div class="note">
<p><strong>참고</strong>: 초기 정의에서는 부모가 있는 요소만 선택할 수 있었습니다. Selectors Level 4부터는 이 제한이 사라졌습니다.</p>
</div>

<h2 id="구문">구문</h2>

{{csssyntax}}

<h2 id="예제">예제</h2>

<h3 id="기본_예제">기본 예제</h3>

<h4 id="HTML">HTML</h4>

<pre class="brush: html notranslate">&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;This text is selected!&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;This text isn't selected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;h2&gt;This text isn't selected: it's not a `p`.&lt;/h2&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;This text isn't selected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>

<h4 id="CSS">CSS</h4>

<pre class="brush: css notranslate">p:first-child {
  color: lime;
  background-color: black;
  padding: 5px;
}
</pre>

<h4 id="결과">결과</h4>

<p><span>{{EmbedLiveSample('기본_예제', 500, 200)}}</span></p>

<h3 id="목록_스타일링">목록 스타일링</h3>

<h4 id="HTML_2">HTML</h4>

<pre class="brush: html notranslate">&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Item 1&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Item 2&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Item 3
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Item 3.1&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Item 3.2&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Item 3.3&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</pre>

<h4 id="CSS_2">CSS</h4>

<pre class="brush: css notranslate">ul li {
  color: blue;
}

ul li:first-child {
  color: red;
  font-weight: bold;
}</pre>

<h4 id="결과_2">결과</h4>

<p>{{EmbedLiveSample('목록_스타일링')}}</p>

<h2 id="명세">명세</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS4 Selectors', '#first-child-pseudo', ':first-child')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS4 Selectors')}}</td>
   <td>Matching elements are not required to have a parent.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Selectors', '#first-child-pseudo', ':first-child')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Selectors')}}</td>
   <td>No change.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS2.1', 'selector.html#first-child', ':first-child')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS2.1')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="브라우저_호환성">브라우저 호환성</h2>



<p>{{Compat("css.selectors.first-child")}}</p>

<h2 id="같이_보기">같이 보기</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{CSSxRef(":-moz-first-node")}} {{Non-standard_Inline}}</li>
 <li>{{CSSxRef(":first-of-type")}}</li>
 <li>{{CSSxRef(":last-child")}}</li>
 <li>{{CSSxRef(":nth-child", ":nth-child()")}}</li>
</ul>