Web/CSS/@media/monochrome

The monochrome CSS media feature can be used to test the number of bits per pixel in the monochrome frame buffer of the output device.

Syntax

The monochrome feature is specified as an <integer> representing the number of bits per pixel in the monochrome frame buffer. If the device is not a monochrome device, the value is zero. It is a range feature, meaning that you can also use the prefixed min-monochrome and max-monochrome variants to query minimum and maximum values, respectively.

Examples

HTML

<p class="mono">Your device supports monochrome pixels!</p>
<p class="no-mono">Your device doesn't support monochrome pixels.</p>

CSS

p {
  display: none;
}

/* Any monochrome device */
@media (monochrome) {
  p.mono {
    display: block;
    color: #333;
  }
}

/* Any non-monochrome device */
@media (monochrome: 0) {
  p.no-mono {
    display: block;
    color: #ee3636;
  }
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Queries Level 4The definition of 'monochrome' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	The value can now be negative, in which case it computes to false.
Media QueriesThe definition of 'monochrome' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition. The value must be nonnegative.

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`monochrome` media feature	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 2	IE No support No	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
No support: No support

monochrome by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.