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by @jm3 · aka John Manoogian3

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Use the -root {} CSS pseudo-class

Posted at — Jun 1, 2019

The :root CSS pseudo-class matches the root element of a tree representing the document. In HTML, :root represents the <html> element and is identical to the selector html {}, except that :root’s specificity is higher. It’s a good, layout-free place to stash CSS variables.