<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>CSS Variables Test: custom properties use normal inheritance and cascade rules</title> <link href="mailto:noahcollins@gmail.com" rel="author" title="Noah Collins"> <link href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-variables-1/#using-variables" rel="help"> <meta content="custom properties are resolved with the normal inheritance and cascade rules" name="assert"> <link href="reference/css-vars-custom-property-inheritance-ref.htm" rel="match"> <style type="text/css"> /* test cascade importance */ :root { --color: #1c1 !important; } :root { --color: red; } /* test cascade order */ * { color: red; } /* test cascade order */ * { color: var(--color); } </style> </head> <body> <p>Green</p> <p>Green</p> <p>Green</p> <p>The test passes if everything is green. Any red means the test failed.</p> </body></html>