Change color of underline input and label in Materialize.css framework

Question

I'm using the Materialize.css framework and I noticed that the color of the text input fields is green and so is the label.

Is there a way to change the color to something different?

<input type="text" id="username" />
<label for="username">Username</label>

dippas · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-10T00:03:41.737

You can, according to Materialize Docs by using:

 /* label focus color */
   .input-field input[type=text]:focus + label {
     color: #000;
}
/* label underline focus color */
   .input-field input[type=text]:focus {
     border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
     box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #000;
   }

Snippet

/*** !important was needed for snippet ***/



/* label focus color */
 .input-field input:focus + label {
   color: red !important;
 }
 /* label underline focus color */
 .row .input-field input:focus {
   border-bottom: 1px solid red !important;
   box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 red !important
 }

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.6/css/materialize.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
<div class="row">
  <form class="col s12">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="input-field col s6">
        <i class="material-icons prefix">account_circle</i>
        <input id="icon_prefix" type="text" class="validate">
        <label for="icon_prefix">First Name</label>
      </div>
      <div class="input-field col s6">
        <i class="material-icons prefix">phone</i>
        <input id="icon_telephone" type="tel" class="validate">
        <label for="icon_telephone">Telephone</label>
      </div>
    </div>
  </form>
</div>

[Material Css](http://materializecss.com/forms.html) doesn't mention using `!important`; are they wrong? — user31782, Jul 08 '17 at 09:58
read the first line of the snippet `/*** !important was needed for snippet ***/` — dippas, Jul 08 '17 at 10:01

José Manuel Blasco · Answer 2 · 2019-04-06T10:30:16.817

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The dippas answer is correct, but if you want textareas to be the same colour you have to set this CSS rules:

/* label focus color */
    .input-field input[type=text]:focus + label, .materialize-textarea:focus:not([readonly]) + label {
     color: #005eed !important;
    }

/* label underline focus color */
    .input-field input[type=text]:focus, .materialize-textarea:focus:not([readonly]) {
     border-bottom: 1px solid #005eed !important;
     box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #005eed !important;
    }

Note the .materialize-textarea rule for label and border bottom.

edited Apr 06 '19 at 10:30

answered Jun 07 '17 at 16:00

José Manuel Blasco

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This was a helpful supplemental answer. – Adam Starrh Sep 26 '17 at 21:12

runninghair08 · Answer 3 · 2019-06-07T21:00:17.243

In case anyone is here in 2019 and trying this with the new version of Materialize (1.0.0) and not wanting to use !important in their css, the below snippet worked for me.

Note: This will apply to all input fields, if you want specific ones, i.e. text, then change [type] to [type=text].

    /* Inactive/Active Default input field color */
    .input-field input[type]:not([readonly]),
    .input-field input[type]:focus:not([readonly]),
    .input-field textarea:not([readonly]),
    .input-field textarea:focus:not([readonly]) {
        border-bottom: 1px solid #01579b;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #01579b;
    }

    /* Inactive/Active Default input label color */
    .input-field input[type]:focus:not([readonly])+label,
    .input-field textarea:focus:not([readonly])+label {
        color: #01579b;
    }

    /* Active/Inactive Invalid input field colors */
    .input-field input[type].invalid,
    .input-field input[type].invalid:focus,
    .input-field textarea.invalid,
    .input-field textarea.invalid:focus {
        border-bottom: 1px solid #e57373;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #e57373;
    }

    /* Active/Inactive Invalid input label color */
    .input-field input[type].invalid:focus+label,
    .input-field input[type].invalid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field input[type].invalid:focus~.helper-text::after, 
    .input-field textarea.invalid:focus+label,
    .input-field textarea.invalid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field textarea.invalid:focus~.helper-text::after {
        color: #e57373;
    }

    /* Active/Inactive Valid input field color */
    .input-field input[type].valid,
    .input-field input[type].valid:focus,
    .input-field textarea.valid,
    .input-field textarea.valid:focus {
        border-bottom: 1px solid #26a69a;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #26a69a;
    }

    /* Active/Inactive Valid input label color */
    .input-field input[type].valid:focus+label,
    .input-field input[type].valid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field input[type].valid:focus~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field textarea.valid:focus+label,
    .input-field textarea.valid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field textarea.valid:focus~.helper-text::after {
        color: #26a69a;
    }

Snippet

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/css/materialize.min.css">
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/js/materialize.min.js"></script>
  <style type="text/css">
    .input-field input[type]:not([readonly]),
    .input-field input[type]:focus:not([readonly]),
    .input-field textarea:not([readonly]),
    .input-field textarea:focus:not([readonly]) {
      border-bottom: 1px solid #01579b;
      box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #01579b;
    }
    
    .input-field input[type]:focus:not([readonly])+label,
    .input-field textarea:focus:not([readonly])+label {
      color: #01579b;
    }

    .input-field input[type].invalid,
    .input-field input[type].invalid:focus,
    .input-field textarea.invalid,
    .input-field textarea.invalid:focus {
      border-bottom: 1px solid #e57373;
      box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #e57373;
    }
    
    .input-field input[type].invalid:focus+label,
    .input-field input[type].invalid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field input[type].invalid:focus~.helper-text::after, 
    .input-field textarea.invalid:focus+label,
    .input-field textarea.invalid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field textarea.invalid:focus~.helper-text::after {
      color: #e57373;
    }

    .input-field input[type].valid,
    .input-field input[type].valid:focus,
    .input-field textarea.valid,
    .input-field textarea.valid:focus {
      border-bottom: 1px solid #26a69a;
      box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #26a69a;
    }
    
    .input-field input[type].valid:focus+label,
    .input-field input[type].valid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field input[type].valid:focus~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field textarea.valid:focus+label,
    .input-field textarea.valid~.helper-text::after,
    .input-field textarea.valid:focus~.helper-text::after {
      color: #26a69a;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <div class="input-field">
    <input id="email" name="email" type="email" class="validate" required="required" autofocus>
    <label for="email">Email</label>
    <span class="helper-text" data-error="Must be a valid email" data-success="Perfect!"></span>
  </div>
  </div>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="input-field">
      <input id="password" name="password" type="password"class="validate"  required="required" minlength="6">
      <label for="password">Password</label>
      <span class="helper-text" data-error="Must have 6 or more characters" data-success="Perfect!"></span>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="input-field">
      <textarea id="textarea" name="textarea" class="materialize-textarea validate" required="required" minlength="6"></textarea>
      <label for="textarea">Textarea</label>
      <span class="helper-text" data-error="Must have 6 or more characters" data-success="Perfect!"></span>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 08 '18 at 07:06

finally, I found the solution. You need to change the color for active and not active.

ICONS:

.material-icons{
  color: #1a237e !important;
  }

.material-icons.active {
  color: #b71c1c !important;
  }

TEXT-FIELD:

.input-field input[type=text] + label, .materialize-textarea:focus:not([readonly]) + label {
 color: #1a237e !important;
}

.input-field input[type=text], .materialize-textarea:focus:not([readonly]) {
 border-bottom: 1px solid #1a237e !important;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1a237e !important;
}


.input-field input[type=text]:focus + label, .materialize-textarea:focus:not([readonly]) + label {
 color: #b71c1c !important;
}

.input-field input[type=text]:focus, .materialize-textarea:focus:not([readonly]) {
 border-bottom: 1px solid #b71c1c !important;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #b71c1c !important;
}

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 21 '17 at 16:24

In the docs say how you can set the materialize default color. You need to download sass files into your project and then you need to change those variables.

You need to go to /sass/components/forms/*/ to set the element you need.

In all element you can see the color is the $secondary-color, that variable you can find in /sass/components/_variables.scss file, and you can set change its value to your color for all your project.

Change color of underline input and label in Materialize.css framework

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