inverted-colors

The inverted-colors CSS media feature can be used to test whether the user agent or underlying OS is inverting colors.

Syntax

The inverted-colors feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.

none

Colors are displayed normally.

inverted

All pixels within the displayed area have been inverted.

Examples

HTML

<p>If you're using inverted colors, this text should be blue on white (the inverse of yellow on black). If you're not, it should be red on light gray.</p>
<p>If the text is gray, your browser doesn't support the `inverted-colors` media feature.</p>

CSS

p {
  color: gray;
}

@media (inverted-colors: inverted) {
  p {
    background: black;
    color: yellow;
  }
}

@media (inverted-colors: none) {
  p {
    background: #eee;
    color: red;
  }
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
inverted-colors
No
No
No
No
No
9.1
No
No
No
No
10
No

See also

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