CSS Cascade and Specificity — a practical guide to CSS cascade specificity with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.
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Short description
Lower specificity keeps overrides sane — avoid ID selectors for styling.
Specificity tip
inline > ids > classes/attributes/pseudo-classes > elements
:where() has zero specificity
Later rules win when specificity ties