CSS border-inline-end-color Property

What You’ll Learn

The border-inline-end-color property sets the color of the border on the inline-end side only.

Definition and Usage

The border-inline-end-color CSS property sets the color of the border on the inline-end side of an element. It is a longhand of border-inline-end and part of CSS logical properties that adapt to writing mode and text direction.

Unlike border-right-color, which always targets the physical right side, border-inline-end-color follows the text flow. In LTR horizontal text, inline-end is usually the right side; in RTL, it is usually the left.

📝 Syntax

border-inline-end-color accepts any valid CSS color value:

selector {
  border-inline-end-color: color;
}

Basic Example

.box {
  border: 2px solid;
  border-inline-end-color: red;
}

Syntax Rules

• Accepts named colors, hex, rgb, hsl, currentcolor, and transparent.
• Only affects the inline-end border side; other sides keep their own colors.
• You need a visible border width and style for the color to appear.
• The physical side mapped to inline-end depends on direction and writing-mode.
• Default is currentcolor, matching the element’s text color.

Default Value

The default value of border-inline-end-color is currentcolor. The inline-end border uses the element’s text color unless you set a different color explicitly.

💎 Property Values

Common Value Types

Inline-End Color and Writing Modes

border-inline-end-color always targets the end of the inline axis. The physical side changes with text direction, but the logical meaning stays the same.

border-inline-end-color vs related properties

Examples Gallery

Try border-inline-end-color with named colors, hex values, currentcolor, and RTL text.

<style>
  .box {
    border: 2px solid;
    border-inline-end-color: red;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
  }
</style>

<div class="box">
  This box has an inline-end border color of red.
</div>

.card {
  border: 3px solid #cbd5e1;
  border-inline-end-color: #2563eb;
  padding: 1rem;
  background: #eff6ff;
}

.quote {
  color: #7c3aed;
  border: 3px solid #cbd5e1;
  border-inline-end-color: currentcolor;
  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
}

<style>
  .rtl-box {
    direction: rtl;
    border: 3px solid #cbd5e1;
    border-inline-end-color: #059669;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
    background: #ecfdf5;
  }
</style>

<div class="rtl-box">
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</div>

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