border-block-end-color

The border-block-end-color CSS property defines the color of the logical block-end border of an element, which maps to a physical border color depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the border-top-color, border-right-color, border-bottom-color, or border-left-color property depending on the values defined for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation.

Syntax

border-block-end-color: yellow;
border-block-end-color: #f5f6f7;

/* Global values */
border-block-end-color: inherit;
border-block-end-color: initial;
border-block-end-color: revert;
border-block-end-color: revert-layer;
border-block-end-color: unset;

Related properties are border-block-start-color, border-inline-start-color, and border-inline-end-color, which define the other border colors of the element.

Values

<color>: The color of the border.

Formal definition

Initial value	currentcolor
Applies to	Same as border-top-color
Inherited	no
Computed value	Same as corresponding border-*-color properties
Animation type	by computed value type

Formal syntax

<'border-top-color'>

Examples

Border color with vertical text

HTML

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  border: 10px solid blue;
  border-block-end-color: red;
}

css properties border-block-end-color