css types color color()

The color() functional notation allows a color to be specified in a particular, specified colorspace rather than the implicit sRGB colorspace that most of the other color functions operate in.

Support for a particular colorspace can be detected with the color-gamut CSS media feature.

Syntax

color(display-p3 1 0.5 0);
color(display-p3 1 0.5 0 / .5);

Values

Functional notation: color(colorspace c1 c2 c3[ / A])

colorspace

An <ident>() denoting one of the predefined color spaces: srgb, srgb-linear, display-p3, a98-rgb, prophoto-rgb, rec2020, xyz, xyz-d50, and xyz-d65.

c1, c2, c3

number(), percentage() values or the keyword none, which provide the component values in the color space.

A Optional

An <alpha-value>() or the keyword none, where the number 1 corresponds to 100% (full opacity).

Examples

Using predefined colorspaces with color()

The following example shows the effect of varying the lightness, a-axis, and b-axis values of the color() function.

HTML

<div data-color="red-a98-rgb"></div>
<div data-color="red-prophoto-rgb"></div>
<div data-color="green-srgb-linear"></div>
<div data-color="green-display-p3"></div>
<div data-color="blue-rec2020"></div>
<div data-color="blue-srgb"></div>

CSS

div {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

[data-color="red-a98-rgb"] {
  background-color: color(a98-rgb 1 0 0);
}
[data-color="red-prophoto-rgb"] {
  background-color: color(prophoto-rgb 1 0 0);
}
[data-color="green-srgb-linear"] {
  background-color: color(srgb-linear 0 1 0);
}
[data-color="green-display-p3"] {
  background-color: color(display-p3 0 1 0);
}
[data-color="blue-rec2020"] {
  background-color: color(rec2020 0 0 1);
}
[data-color="blue-srgb"] {
  background-color: color(srgb 0 0 1);
}

Using the xyz colorspace with color()

The following example shows how to use the xyz colorspace to specify a color.

HTML

<div data-color="red"></div>
<div data-color="green"></div>
<div data-color="blue"></div>

CSS

div {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

[data-color="red"] {
  background-color: color(xyz 45 20 0);
}

[data-color="green"] {
  background-color: color(xyz-d50 0.3 80 0.3);
}

[data-color="blue"] {
  background-color: color(xyz-d65 5 0 50);
}

Using color-gamut media queries with color()

This example shows how to use the color-gamut media query to detect support for a particular colorspace and use that colorspace to specify a color.

HTML

<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>

CSS

div {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  div {
    background-color: color(display-p3 0 0 1);
  }
}

@media (color-gamut: srgb) {
  div:nth-child(2) {
    background-color: color(srgb 0 0 1);
  }
}

@media (color-gamut: rec2020) {
  div:nth-child(3) {
    background-color: color(rec2020 0 0 1);
  }
}

See also

• The <color> data type for a list of all color notations
• color-gamut media feature
• Wide Gamut Color in CSS with Display-p3