CSS3 :root Selector
Example
Set the background color for the HTML document:
:root
{
background: #ff0000;
}
Try it yourself »
Definition and Usage
The :root selector matches the document's root element.
In HTML, the root element is always the html element.
| Version: | CSS3 |
|---|
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.
| Selector | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :root | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 9.6 |
CSS Syntax
