--- title: The CSS hue-rotate Function: Not Just for Background Colors! description: The hue-rotate() CSS function rotates an element's color by a specified angle on the color wheel. It works with the filter property and accepts values in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-css-hue-rotate-function-not-just-for-background-colors--iwd38zgob twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The CSS hue-rotate Function: Not Just for Background Colors! | daily.dev og:description: The hue-rotate() CSS function rotates an element's color by a specified angle on the color wheel. It works with the filter property and accepts values in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-css-hue-rotate-function-not-just-for-background-colors--iwd38zgob og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IWd38ZgOB.png og:image:alt: The CSS hue-rotate Function: Not Just for Background Colors! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The CSS hue-rotate Function: Not Just for Background Colors! **[CSS](https://daily.dev/sources/iheartcss)** · [@geoffgraham](https://daily.dev/geoffgraham) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The hue-rotate() CSS function rotates an element's color by a specified angle on the color wheel. It works with the filter property and accepts values in degrees, turns, radians, or gradians. The function affects all visual aspects of an element including backgrounds, text colors, images, and shadows. It supports any CSS color format and accepts both positive and negative values, with rotations beyond 360deg wrapping around. Practical applications include changing icon colors by combining hue-rotate() with other filter functions like invert(), sepia(), and saturate(). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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