CSS - <hue> Property

The CSS data type <hue> represents the hue angle of a color. This data type is used in the color functions that use the hue expressed as a single value, such as hsl(), hwb(), lch() and oklch().

The different colors are red at 0deg, yellow at 60deg, lime at 120deg, cyan at 180deg, blue at 240deg and magenta at 300deg

Possible Values

The data type <hue> can have one of the values:

  • <angle>: Specifies an angle value expressed in deg, grad, rad or turn respectively.

  • <number>: Specifies a number, representing degrees of the hue angle.

Since an <angle> is periodic, the value of <hue> gets normalized to the range [0deg, 360deg], such that, 480deg is same as 120deg, -120deg is same as 240deg, -1turn is same as 1turn, and so on.

Applies to

All the HTML elements.

Syntax

hue: <angle> | <number>;

CSS hue - <angle> Value

The following example demonstrates how changing the hue value of the hsl() and hwb() functional notation affects a color −

<html>
<head>
<style>  
   div {
      width: 100px;
      height: 100px;
      border: 2px solid black;
      padding: 5px;
      display: inline-block;
   }
   .hsl {
      background-color:hsl(20 10% 90%);
   }
   .hwb {
      background-color: hwb(80 0% 0%);
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <div class="hsl">hsl</div>
   <div class="hwb">hwb</div>
</body>
</html>
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