Style borderColor Property

Change the color of the four borders of a <div> element to red:

document.getElementById("myDiv").style.borderColor = "red";

More "Try it Yourself" examples below.

Description

The borderColor property sets or returns the color of an element's border.

This property can take from one to four values:

One value, like: p {border-color: red} - all four borders will be red
Two values, like: p {border-color: red transparent} - top and bottom border will be red, left and right border will be transparent
Three values, like: p {border-color: red green blue}- top border will be red, left and right border will be green, bottom border will be blue
Four values, like: p {border-color: red green blue yellow} - top border will be red, right border will be green, bottom border will be blue, left border will be yellow

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
borderColor	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.5

Return the borderColor property:

object.style.borderColor

Set the borderColor property:

object.style.borderColor = "color|transparent|initial|inherit"

Value	Description
color	Specifies the color of the border. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values. Default color is the current color of the element
transparent	The color of the border is transparent (underlying content will shine through)
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Default Value:	current color
Return Value:	A String, representing the color of an element's border
CSS Version	CSS1

Change the color of the top and bottom border to green, and left and right border to purple, of a <div> element:

document.getElementById("myDiv").style.borderColor = "green purple";

Return the border color of a <div> element:

alert(document.getElementById("myDiv").style.borderColor);

CSS tutorial: CSS Border

HTML DOM reference: border property