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There's a difference between listing selectors in :where(), :is(), and :has() and listing them in a regular selector list.

Thoughts on when it’s better to use :is() over :where() and vice versa.

You can use full math expressions in the comparison functions min(), max(), and clamp(). There’s no need to nest a calc() function inside.

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The clamp() function defines a minimum value, a preferred value, and a maximum value.

Just like for margin or padding, there are also logical property variations for border properties.

Like the lab() color function, hwb() is one of the more recent methods for defining colors in CSS. Just like rgb() and hsl() it uses colors from the sRGB color space. HWB, which stands for hue-whiteness-blackness, describes colors with a starting hue, then a degree of whiteness and blackness to mix into that base hue.

Using !important with custom properties might not work as you expect.

We already know that we can encapsulate styles within a web component and we know that web components inherit styles. Another interesting feature of web components in terms of CSS is that custom properties used in a web component can be modified from the outside.

Adjustable features of a variable font are called axes. You can use the font-variations-settings property to change these features by specifying the four letter axis name along with a value.