-ms-high-contrast media feature

Describes whether the application is being displayed in high contrast mode, and with what color variation.

Possible values

• Value:active | black-on-white | white-on-black
• Applies to: bitmap media types
• Accepts min/max prefixes: no

One of the following values.

Remarks

As of Microsoft Edge, -ms-high-contrast: none is no longer supported.

The -ms-high-contrast media feature works with the -ms-high-contrast-adjust property.

The -ms-high-contrast media feature was introduced in Windows 8.

Examples

The following declarations will match applications that are being displayed in high contrast mode with any color variation, a black-on-white color variation, and a white-on-black color variation, respectively.

@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active) {
  /* All high contrast styling rules */
}
@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: black-on-white) {
  div { background-image: url('image-bw.png'); }
}
@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: white-on-black) {
  div { background-image: url('image-wb.png'); }
}

Related topics

-ms-high-contrast-adjust