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How do I fix washed out colours for outset border in Firefox (vs Chrome)?

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Gerrat
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I've created a web page with a very basic table and border-style: outset. The attached image shows three colours ("red", "#2CC11F", and "#22A8D6") of this table, and how they appear on Chrome (left) vs Firefox (right).

The image is a screen capture, taken with both Firefox and Chrome on the same monitor.

I've tried every combination of items listed in the link here: (http://cameratico.com/guides/firefox-color-management/) and restarted Firefox each time, but I simply cannot get it to not display this outset border without looking terrible and washed out.

A solid border looks fine, so this has to do with outset borders specifically (and possibly on tables specifically).

I've created a web page with a very basic table and border-style: outset. The attached image shows three colours ("red", "#2CC11F", and "#22A8D6") of this table, and how they appear on Chrome (left) vs Firefox (right). The image is a screen capture, taken with both Firefox and Chrome on the same monitor. I've tried every combination of items listed in the link here: (http://cameratico.com/guides/firefox-color-management/) and restarted Firefox each time, but I simply cannot get it to not display this outset border without looking terrible and washed out. A solid border looks fine, so this has to do with outset borders specifically (and possibly on tables specifically).
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So the problem is that Firefox is choosing shades that are too light compared with Chrome?

I think you'll need to take direct control of the colors of individual sides by using solid borders. For example:

http://jsfiddle.net/kr3gdzhd/

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Gerrat
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Ok, I guess I found a bug related to this here: Ugly inset and outset borders

This bug first appeared 15 years ago. Astonishing it has not been fixed in 15 years!

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So the problem is that Firefox is choosing shades that are too light compared with Chrome?

I think you'll need to take direct control of the colors of individual sides by using solid borders. For example:

http://jsfiddle.net/kr3gdzhd/

Gerrat
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Thanks!!!

The workaround was trivial (just never crossed my mind), but Firefox really should choose better shades as a default. These borders do look terrible vs the other major browsers.