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Using CSS custom properties (variables) - CSS | MDN

MDN Web Docs · 27 August 2026 · 10 min read

A post on developer.mozilla.org, published 27 August 2026, is cited by 103 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 17 October 2026).

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103blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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Figures for this page
First cited9 May 2019
Latest citation11 Jun 2026
Words blogs link it with5
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Length2,143
New citing blogs a weeksince May 2019
New citing blogs a week, since May 2019: 389 weeks, peak 3 a week, latest week 0

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Shape: slow burn. Half of its 101 citing blogs had cited it after 1,168 days; 0% first cited it more than a year on.

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 2 blogs have no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

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Cited by 103 blogs across 5 subjects: technology 67, design and making 4, life 3, arts and culture 1, travel and outdoors 1, unclassified 27.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • css variables33 blogs
  • css custom properties22 blogs
  • custom properties15 blogs
  • css custom properties (variables)3 blogs
  • css custom property3 blogs

Cited by 103 blogs in 128 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

theodinproject.com2 posts
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11 Jun 2026
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29 May 2026
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7 May 2026
CSS Property Type Validator: Assignment-Site Validation

linked as “Using CSS custom properties — MDN Web Docs”

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13 Apr 2026
lunik.tiwabbit.fr1 post
Refreshing the blog — again

linked as “CSS custom properties”

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15 Apr 2026
juliasolorzano.com2 posts
Accessibility is the Foundation

linked as “CSS custom properties”

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15 Mar 2026
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11 Mar 2026
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Duotone Icons in Light and Dark Themes

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19 Feb 2026
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Duotone SVG Icons: Color Guide

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19 Feb 2026
zolkos.com1 post
Linklog | Vanilla CSS is all you need

linked as “custom properties”

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7 Dec 2025
Andy Bell1 post
Taking a shot at the double focus ring problem using modern CSS

linked as “Custom Properties”

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18 Sept 2025
montemagno.com1 post
Introducing Bingo-o-matic: Your Ultimate Bingo Management App

linked as “CSS custom properties”

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26 May 2025
ryanfeigenbaum.com1 post
The Complete Guide to the Dark Mode Toggle

linked as “CSS custom properties”

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15 Mar 2025
dash-resources.com1 post
Improving Dash DataTables: Simple CSS Tweaks

linked as “this documentation”

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19 Jan 2025
Sergi's writing1 post
Refactoring my homepage

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26 Dec 2024
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Bookmarks #8

linked as “custom properties”

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18 Nov 2024
hawkticehurst.com2 posts
CSS Web Components for marketing sites

linked as “CSS variables”

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4 Nov 2024
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Getting shady

linked as “CSS variables”

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15 Dec 2023
joyofrails.com2 posts
How to Render CSS Dynamically in Rails

linked as “CSS Variables”

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28 Oct 2024
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Custom Color Schemes with Ruby on Rails

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28 Oct 2024
bnijenhuis.nl1 post
User friendly dark mode

linked as “CSS variables”

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14 Oct 2024
nikitahl.com1 post
Simple carousel-like slider with pure CSS

linked as “CSS custom properties (variables)”

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4 Oct 2024
cceckman.com1 post
Dark mode basics

linked as “variables”

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31 Jul 2024
mark-story.com1 post
Building a responsive sidebar application layout

linked as “CSS custom properties”

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28 Jul 2024
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I rewrote my website… again, but with Next.js this time!

linked as “CSS variables”

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15 Jul 2024
8hob.io1 post
TypeScript: Typing CSS Variables in React

linked as “CSS variables”

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17 Jun 2024
smth.uk1 post
Get image pixel colours in Eleventy / Node

linked as “custom property”

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7 Jun 2024
asuh.com1 post
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linked as “CSS custom properties, aka CSS variables”

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29 May 2024
briancoords.com1 post
Generate CSS Variables for any global style assigned in the site editor

linked as “CSS Variables”

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21 May 2024
lordmatt.co.uk2 posts
May 2024 Divestment

linked as “Using CSS custom properties (variables)”

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19 May 2024
1 other post
Starting something like CSS Zen Garden but for WordPress: Customisation of colours

linked as “CSS variables”

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30 Apr 2024
harrycresswell.com1 post
Reducing CSS

linked as “CSS custom properties”

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2 May 2024

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS_Properties_and_Values_API Who cites this page
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