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Reading the SO posting "Change an input's HTML5 placeholder color with CSS" I think I understand how to do it with an external CSS.

Even after searching through Google and SO I found no way to make this also work with inline CSS (I'm aware that inline CSS should be avoided).

E.g. something like:

<input type="text" placeholder="Enter something" style="???" />

For the ??? part I have no idea what to enter in order to change the color of the placeholder text.

So my question is:

Is it possible to use inline CSS to change the color of a placeholder text? If yes, how to do it?

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marked as duplicate by Quentin Jul 3 at 6:03

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As far as I know, you certainly cannot. But you can do this with css

input::-webkit-input-placeholder { /* WebKit browsers */
    color:    #fff;
}
input:-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 4 to 18 */
    color:    #fff;
}
input::-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 19+ */
    color:    #fff;
}
input:-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10+ */
    color:    #fff;
}
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Thanks. That's what the linked article also suggest, right? –  Uwe Keim Jul 3 at 6:03
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Yep thats the same :D –  Mohamed El Mahallawy Jul 3 at 6:04

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