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# CSS Value: `currentColor`
2019-04-13
*There are a large number of nuanced and mostly unheard of* CSS value types, but today we are going to focus on `currentColor`. So what is the `currentColor` value type anyway?
> The currentColor value type will apply the existing color value to other properties like background-color, etc.
## See it in action
Let's assume with have a single div with the following properties:
```css
div {
color: dodgerblue;
}
```
If we wanted to use that same color for other properties on elements inside that initial `div`, it's simple - we just need to call `currentColor` like so:
```css
div {
color: dodgerblue;
}
div header {
background-color: currentColor;
}
div a {
border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
}
```
**Sidenote**: If you re-declare the default `color` property further along in your CSS, the `currentColor` value will update according to the last color set.
And that's it. Best of all, this value type is supported across all major browsers!
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