Change Cursor Color with CSS caret-color

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

For changing the color of insertion caret, CSS caret-color property is used.

Example

The following examples illustrate the CSS caret-color property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
form {
   padding: 2%;
   margin: 2%;
   text-align: center;
}
form:focus-within {
   box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
   background-color: beige;
}
input {
   font-size: 3em;
   caret-color: chartreuse;
   margin: 2%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input value="Check the caret color!" />
<button>Hit!</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following result −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
form {
   padding: 2%;
   margin: 2%;
   background-color: thistle;
}
form:focus-within {
   box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
}
textarea {
   caret-color: transparent;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="radio" />1
<input type="radio" />2
<textarea placeholder="Invisible"></textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>