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CSS3 Colors

CSS3 Colors

CSS supports color names, hexadecimal and RGB colors.

In addition, CSS3 also

introduces:

RGBA colors

HSL colors

HSLA colors

opacity

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports CSS3 color values/property.

Property

RGBA, HSL, and HSLA

4.0

12.0

9.0

3.0

3.1

10.1

opacity

4.0

12.0

9.0

2.0

3.1

10.1

RGBA Colors

RGBA color values are an extension of RGB color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity

for a color.

An RGBA color value is specified with: rgba(red, green, blue, alpha). The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0

(fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.2);

rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.4);

rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.6);

rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.8);

The following example defines different RGBA colors:

Example

#p1 {background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.3);}  /* red

with opacity */

#p2 {background-color: rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.3);}  /* green with opacity */

#p3 {background-color: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.3);}  /* blue

with opacity */

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HSL Colors

HSL stands for Hue, Saturation and Lightness.

An HSL color value is specified with: hsl(hue, saturation, lightness).

Hue is a degree on the color wheel (from 0 to 360):

0 (or 360) is red

120 is green

240 is blue

Saturation is a percentage value: 100% is the full color.

Lightness is also a percentage; 0% is dark (black) and 100% is white.

hsl(0, 100%, 30%);

hsl(0, 100%, 50%);

hsl(0, 100%, 70%);

hsl(0, 100%, 90%);

The following example defines different HSL colors:

Example

#p1 {background-color: hsl(120, 100%, 50%);}  /* green */

#p2 {background-color: hsl(120, 100%, 75%);}  /* light green */

#p3 {background-color: hsl(120, 100%, 25%);}  /* dark

green */

#p4 {background-color: hsl(120, 60%, 70%);}   /* pastel green */

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HSLA Colors

HSLA color values are an extension of HSL color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity

for a color.

An HSLA color value is specified with: hsla(hue, saturation, lightness, alpha), where the

alpha parameter defines the opacity. The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

hsla(0, 100%, 30%, 0.3);

hsla(0, 100%, 50%, 0.3);

hsla(0, 100%, 70%, 0.3);

hsla(0, 100%, 90%, 0.3);

The following example defines different HSLA colors:

Example

#p1 {background-color: hsla(120, 100%, 50%, 0.3);}  /* green with opacity */

#p2 {background-color: hsla(120, 100%, 75%, 0.3);}  /* light green with opacity */

#p3 {background-color: hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 0.3);}  /* dark

green with opacity */

#p4 {background-color: hsla(120, 60%, 70%, 0.3);}   /* pastel green

with opacity */

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Opacity

The CSS3 opacity property sets the opacity for a specified RGB value.

The opacity property value must be a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

rgb(255, 0, 0);opacity:0.2;

rgb(255, 0, 0);opacity:0.4;

rgb(255, 0, 0);opacity:0.6;

rgb(255, 0, 0);opacity:0.8;

Notice that the text above will also be opaque.

The following example shows different RGB values with opacity:

Example

#p1 {background-color:rgb(255,0,0);opacity:0.6;}  /* red with opacity

*/

#p2 {background-color:rgb(0,255,0);opacity:0.6;}  /* green with

opacity */

#p3 {background-color:rgb(0,0,255);opacity:0.6;}  /* blue

with opacity */

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