actual value

The actual value of a CSS property is the used value after all approximations have been applied. For example, a user agent may only be able to render borders with a integer pixel value and may be forced to approximate the computed width of the border.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'actual value' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

See also

• CSS Reference
• CSS Key Concepts: CSS syntax, at-rule, comments, specificity and inheritance, the box, layout modes and visual formatting models, and margin collapsing, or the initial, computed, resolved, specified, used, and actual values. Definitions of value syntax, shorthand properties and replaced elements.