Custom properties
Widely available
Custom properties are CSS properties prefixed with --
that set values you can reuse with the var()
function. For example, you can set a --key-color
property to reuse as border-color: var(--key-color)
. Also known as CSS variables.
To learn more, see
Custom properties (--*): CSS variables at MDN.
Compatibility (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 49 Released on 2016-03-02
- Chrome Android 49 Released on 2016-03-09
- Edge 15 Released on 2017-04-05
- Firefox 31 Released on 2014-07-22
- Firefox for Android 31 Released on 2014-07-22
- Safari 9.1 Released on 2016-03-21
- Safari on iOS 9.3 Released on 2016-03-21