---
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
---
<p>{{CSSRef}}</p>

<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> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

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

<h3><code>color</code> property</h3>

{{Compat("css.properties.color")}}

<h3><code>print-color-adjust</code> property</h3>

{{Compat("css.properties.print-color-adjust")}}

<h3><code>opacity</code> property</h3>

{{Compat("css.properties.opacity")}}

<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>