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title: CSS Colors
slug: Web/CSS/CSS_Color
tags:
  - CSS
  - CSS Colors
  - NeedsTranslation
  - Overview
  - Reference
  - TopicStub
translation_of: Web/CSS/CSS_Color
translation_of_original: Web/CSS/CSS_Colors
original_slug: Web/CSS/CSS_Colors
---
<div>{{CSSRef}}</div>

<p><strong>CSS Colors</strong> is a module of CSS that deals with colors, color types and transparency.</p>

<h2 id="Reference">Reference</h2>

<h3 id="Properties">Properties</h3>

<div class="index">
<ul>
 <li>{{cssxref("color")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("opacity")}}</li>
</ul>
</div>

<h3 id="CSS_Data_Types">CSS Data Types</h3>

<p>{{cssxref("&lt;color&gt;")}}</p>

<h2 id="Guides">Guides</h2>

<p><em>None.</em></p>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</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('CSS3 Colors')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Colors')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS2.1', 'colors.html')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS2.1')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS1')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS1')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<div>{{CompatibilityTable}}</div>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("1")}}</td>
   <td>3.0</td>
   <td>3.5</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Phone</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("1")}}</td>
   <td>6.0</td>
   <td>6.0</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>In CSS, gradients aren't colors but <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Images">images</a>.</li>
</ul>