`margin-right` CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It's been available across browsers since July 2015.

The margin-right CSS property sets the margin area on the right side of an element. A positive value places it farther from its neighbors, while a negative value places it closer.

The vertical margins of two adjacent boxes may fuse. This is called margin collapsing.

Try it

margin-right: 1em;

margin-right: 10%;

margin-right: 10px;

margin-right: 0;

<section id="default-example">
  <div id="container">
    <div class="col"></div>
    <div class="col transition-all" id="example-element"></div>
    <div class="col"></div>
  </div>
</section>

#container {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  display: flex;
  align-content: flex-start;
  justify-content: flex-start;
}

.col {
  width: 33.33%;
  border: solid #5b6dcd 10px;
  background-color: rgb(229 232 252 / 0.6);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}

#example-element {
  border: solid 10px #ffc129;
  background-color: rgb(255 244 219 / 0.6);
}

Syntax

/* <length> values */
margin-right: 20px; /* An absolute length */
margin-right: 1em; /* relative to the text size */
margin-right: 5%; /* relative to the nearest block container's width */
margin-right: anchor-size(self-block);
margin-right: calc(anchor-size(--my-anchor height, 20px) / 4);

/* Keyword values */
margin-right: auto;

/* Global values */
margin-right: inherit;
margin-right: initial;
margin-right: revert;
margin-right: revert-layer;
margin-right: unset;

The margin-right property is specified as the keyword auto, or a <length>, or a <percentage>. Its value can be positive, zero, or negative.

Values

<length>

The size of the margin as a fixed value.

For anchor-positioned elements, the anchor-size() function resolves to a <length> value relative to the associated anchor element's width or height (see Setting element margin based on anchor size).

<percentage>

The size of the margin as a percentage, relative to the inline size (width in a horizontal language, defined by writing-mode) of the containing block.

auto

The right margin receives a share of the unused horizontal space, as determined mainly by the layout mode that is used. If the values of margin-left and margin-right are both auto, the calculated space is evenly distributed. This table summarizes the different cases:

Value of `display`	Value of `float`	Value of `position`	Computed value of `auto`	Comment
`inline`, `inline-block`, `inline-table`	any	`static` or `relative`	`0`	Inline layout mode
`block`, `inline`, `inline-block`, `block`, `table`, `inline-table`, `list-item`, `table-caption`	any	`static` or `relative`	`0`, except if both `margin-left` and `margin-right` are set to `auto`. In this case, it is set to the value centering the element inside its parent.	Block layout mode
`block`, `inline`, `inline-block`, `block`, `table`, `inline-table`, `list-item`, `table-caption`	`left` or `right`	`static` or `relative`	`0`	Block layout mode (floating element)
any `table-`, except* `table-caption`	any	any	`0`	Internal `table-*` elements don't have margins, use `border-spacing` instead
any, except `flex`, `inline-flex`, or `table-*`	any	`fixed` or `absolute`	`0`, except if both `margin-left` and `margin-right` are set to `auto`. In this case, it is set to the value centering the border area inside the available `width`, if fixed.	Absolutely positioned layout mode
`flex`, `inline-flex`	any	any	`0`, except if there is any positive horizontal free space. In this case, it is evenly distributed to all horizontal `auto` margins.	Flexbox layout mode

Formal definition

Initial value	0
Applies to	all elements, except elements with table `display` types other than <code>table-caption</code>, <code>table</code> and <code>inline-table</code>
Inherited	no
Percentages	refer to the width of the containing block
Computed value	the percentage as specified or the absolute length
Animation type	a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/length#interpolation" title="Values of the <length> CSS data type are interpolated as real, floating-point numbers.">length</a>

Formal syntax

margin-right = 
  <length-percentage> |
  auto |
  <anchor-size()>

<length-percentage> = 
  <length> |
  <percentage>

<anchor-size()> = 
  anchor-size( [ <anchor-name> || <anchor-size> ]? , <length-percentage>? )

<anchor-name> = 
  <dashed-ident>

<anchor-size> = 
  width |
  height |
  block |
  inline |
  self-block |
  self-inline

Examples

Setting right margin using pixels and percentages

.content {
  margin-right: 5%;
}
.side-box {
  margin-right: 10px;
}
.logo {
  margin-right: -5px;
}

Specifications

Specification
CSS Box Model Module Level 3 # margin-physical

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`margin-right`	1	12	1	3.5	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	4.4	1
`anchor-size`	132	132	147	117	26	132	147	87	26	29.0	132	26
`auto`	1	12 The `auto` value is not supported in quirks mode.	1	3.5	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	37	1