The color
CSS media feature can be used to test the number of bits per color component (red, green, blue) of the output device.
Syntax
The color
feature is specified as an <integer>
value that represents the number of bits per color component (red, green, blue) of the output device. If the device is not a color device, the value is zero. It is a range feature, meaning that you can also use the prefixed min-color
and max-color
variants to query minimum and maximum values, respectively.
Note: If the various color components are represented by different numbers of bits, the smallest number is used. For example, if a display uses 5 bits for blue and red and 6 bits for green, then the device is considered to use 5 bits per color component. If the device uses indexed colors, the minimum number of bits per color component in the color table is used.
See Applying color to HTML elements using CSS to learn more about using CSS to apply color to HTML.
Examples
HTML
<p>This text should be black on non-color devices, red on devices with a low number of colors, and greenish on devices with a high number of colors.</p>
CSS
p {
color: black;
}
/* Any color device */
@media (color) {
p {
color: red;
}
}
/* Any color device with at least 8 bits per color component */
@media (min-color: 8) {
p {
color: #24ba13;
}
}
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Media Queries Level 4The definition of 'color' in that specification. | Candidate Recommendation | The value can now be negative, in which case it computes to false. |
Media QueriesThe definition of 'color' in that specification. | Recommendation | Initial definition. The value must be nonnegative. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
color media feature
|
Chrome
Full support 1 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 2 |
IE
Full support 9 |
Opera
Full support 10 |
Safari
Full support 3 |
WebView Android
Full support ≤37 |
Chrome Android
Full support 18 |
Firefox Android
Full support 4 |
Opera Android
Full support 10.1 |
Safari iOS
Full support 1 |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
See also
- Applying color to HTML elements using CSS
- The CSS
color
property - The CSS
<color>
data unit
color by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.