Color

The color rule sets the text color of a widget.

Syntax

--8<-- "docs/snippets/syntax_block_start.md" color: (<color> | auto) [<percentage>]; --8<-- "docs/snippets/syntax_block_end.md"

The style color needs a <color> followed by an optional <percentage> to specify the color transparency.

Instead of a <color>, one can use the special value "auto" to choose automatically the color with the best contrast for readability purposes.

Values

<color>

--8<-- "docs/snippets/type_syntax/color.md"

The alternative value "auto" picks the color that provides the best contrast for readability purposes.

<percentage>

--8<-- "docs/snippets/type_syntax/percentage.md"

Examples

This example sets a different text color for each of three different widgets.

=== "color.py"

```python
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/color.py"
```

=== "color.css"

```css
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/color.css"
```

=== "Output"

```{.textual path="docs/examples/styles/color.py"}
```

The next example shows how auto chooses between a lighter or a darker text color to increase the contrast and improve readability.

=== "color_auto.py"

```py
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/color_auto.py"
```

=== "color_auto.css"

```css hl_lines="2"
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/color_auto.css"
```

=== "Output"

```{.textual path="docs/examples/styles/color_auto.py"}
```

CSS

/* Blue text */
color: blue;

/* 20% red text */
color: red 20%;

/* RGB color */
color: rgb(100,120,200);

/* Automatically choose color with suitable contrast for readability */
color: auto;

Python

You can use the same syntax as CSS, or explicitly set a Color object.

# Set blue text
widget.styles.color = "blue"

from textual.color import Color
# Set with a color object
widget.styles.color = Color.parse("pink")

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