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background-clip: border-areaLimited availability

The background-clip: border-area CSS declaration draws the background underneath only the border of an element.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1–149Not supported
150+Supportedsince Jun 30, 2026
Current: 155
Edge
12–149Not supported
150+Supportedsince Jul 2, 2026
Current: 154
Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari
1–18.1Not supported
18.2+Supportedsince Dec 11, 2024
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–149Not supported
150+Supportedsince Jun 30, 2026
Current: 155
Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari iOS
1–18.1Not supported
18.2+Supportedsince Dec 11, 2024
Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Firefox, Firefox Android. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN — see the links below.

Feature detection

CSS · check before using
@supports (background-clip: border-area) {
  /* styles that rely on background-clip: border-area */
}

/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("background-clip", "border-area")) {
  // use it
}

Specification