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title: Accent
slug: Glossary/Accent
page-type: glossary-definition

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An accent is a typically bright color that contrasts with the more utilitarian background and foreground colors within a color scheme. These are present in the visual style of many platforms (though not all).

On the web, an accent is sometimes used in {{HTMLElement("input")}} elements for the active portion of the control, for instance the background of a checked checkbox.

See also

CSS related to the accent

You can set the color of the accent for a given element by setting the element's CSS {{cssxref("accent-color")}} property to the appropriate {{cssxref("<color>")}} value.