The read-only initialValue nullable property of the CSSPropertyRule interface returns the initial value of the custom property registration represented by the @property rule, controlling the property's initial value.
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CSSPropertyRule: initialValue property
Value
A string which is a <declaration-value> as defined in CSS Syntax 3.
Examples
This stylesheet contains a single @property rule. The first CSSRule returned will be a CSSPropertyRule representing this rule. The initialValue property returns the string "#c0ffee" this being the value of the initial-value property in the CSS.
css
@property --property-name {
  syntax: "<color>";
  inherits: false;
  initial-value: #c0ffee;
}
   js
let myRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
console.log(myRules[0].initialValue); //the string "#c0ffee"
   Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
initialvalue | 
       85 | 85 | preview | No | 71 | 16.4 | 85 | 85 | No | 60 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 
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 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSPropertyRule/initialvalue