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Text-decoration-color: the line can have its own colour

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Published: 23 Oct 2026 08:23 · Updated: 23 Oct 2026 08:23

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In a few sentences

In brief

text-decoration-color chooses a decoration's colour without necessarily changing the letters. Underlining and text can therefore be styled separately.

Useful to know

text-decoration-color chooses a decoration's colour without necessarily changing the letters. Underlining and text can therefore be styled separately. [1]

For links, check whether the line remains distinguishable on lower-contrast displays. If it is an important interaction cue, an almost invisible colour defeats its purpose.

Sources

For further detail and to check the information:

  1. [1] MDN — CSS text-decoration-color ↗