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You can use accent-color property in css to change background color of both checkbox and radio buttons.
“:hover” is used to style the checkbox when user hovers over it. Notice that when the mouse pointer move over the checkbox the color of it changes to yellow. “:active” is used to style the checkbox when it is active. Notice that when click the checkbox it will first notice a red color and then the green color.
A checkbox does not have background color.
But to add the effect, you may wrap each checkbox with a div that has color:
<div class="evenRow">
<input type="checkbox" />
</div>
<div class="oddRow">
<input type="checkbox" />
</div>
<div class="evenRow">
<input type="checkbox" />
</div>
<div class="oddRow">
<input type="checkbox" />
</div>
In addition to the currently accepted answer: You can set border and background of a checkbox/radiobutton, but how it is rendered in the end depends on the browser. For example, if you set a red background on a checkbox
This German language article compares a few browsers and explains at least the IE behavior. It maybe bit older (still including Netscape), but when you test around you'll notice that not much has changed. Another comparison can be found here.
You can use peseudo elements like this:
input[type=checkbox] {
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
margin-right: 8px;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 27px;
}
input[type=checkbox]:after {
content: " ";
background-color: #9FFF9D;
display: inline-block;
visibility: visible;
}
input[type=checkbox]:checked:after {
content: "\2714";
}<label>Checkbox label
<input type="checkbox">
</label>Initially posted here.
input[type="checkbox"] {
cursor: pointer;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
outline: 0;
background: lightgray;
height: 16px;
width: 16px;
border: 1px solid white;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked {
background: #2aa1c0;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:hover {
filter: brightness(90%);
}
input[type="checkbox"]:disabled {
background: #e6e6e6;
opacity: 0.6;
pointer-events: none;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:after {
content: '';
position: relative;
left: 40%;
top: 20%;
width: 15%;
height: 40%;
border: solid #fff;
border-width: 0 2px 2px 0;
transform: rotate(45deg);
display: none;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked:after {
display: block;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:disabled:after {
border-color: #7b7b7b;
}<input type="checkbox"><br>
<input type="checkbox" checked><br>
<input type="checkbox" disabled><br>
<input type="checkbox" disabled checked><br>After so much trouble i got it.
.purple_checkbox:after {
content: " ";
background-color: #5C2799;
display: inline-block;
visibility: visible;
}
.purple_checkbox:checked:after {
content: "\2714";
box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(155, 155, 155, 0.15);
border-radius: 3px;
height: 12px;
display: block;
width: 12px;
text-align: center;
font-size: 9px;
color: white;
} <input type="checkbox" class="purple_checkbox">It will be like this when checked with this code.
We can provide background color from the css file. Try this one,
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
input[type="checkbox"] {
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
background: gray;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
border: none;
outline: none;
position: relative;
left: -5px;
top: -5px;
cursor: pointer;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked {
background: blue;
}
.checkbox-container {
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
margin: 20px;
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
overflow: hidden;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="checkbox-container">
<input type="checkbox" />
</div>
</body>
</html>
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