CSS Properties

rgba

CSS property · 11 supported, 7 partial, 2 unsupported across 21 clients

11 of 21 email clients render rgba fully (Sep 2, 2026 data); it breaks outright in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.

4/7 webmail, 3/6 desktop, 4/8 mobile clients support rgba fully.
Unsupported in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.
Partial in Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Yahoo Mail and 3 more, behavior differs from browsers, test before relying on it.
Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support rgba, and its replacement changes little here; see the deprecation diff.
Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.

Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream May 14, 2021, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.

Client Support

Client	Category	Engine	Support
Gmail	webmail	Gmail Web	Partial^{See caveat 1}
Gmail Android	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Partial^{See caveat 1}
Gmail iOS	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Partial^{See caveat 1}
Outlook 365	webmail	Outlook Web	Supported
Outlook (New)	desktop	Outlook Web	Unsupported
Outlook Classic	desktop	Microsoft Word	Unsupported
Outlook iOS	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Supported
Outlook Android	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Supported
Outlook for Mac	desktop	WebKit	Supported
Apple Mail	desktop	WebKit	Supported
Apple Mail iOS	mobile	WebKit	Supported
Yahoo Mail	webmail	Yahoo	Partial^{See caveat 2}
Yahoo Mail Android	mobile	Yahoo	Partial^{See caveat 2}
Yahoo Mail iOS	mobile	Yahoo	Partial^{See caveat 2}
Samsung Mail	mobile	Samsung	Supported
Thunderbird	desktop	Gecko	Supported
HEY Mail	webmail	WebKit	Supported
Proton Mail	webmail	Proton	Supported
AOL Mail	webmail	AOL	Partial^{See caveat 2}
Fastmail	webmail	Fastmail	Supported
Superhuman	desktop	Blink	Unknown

Documented caveats (2)

1.Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS: Whitespace syntax is not supported (rgb(0 128 0 / 1)). whitespace syntax (rgba(0 128 0 / 1)): when used in the style attribute of an element, the whole attribute is stripped. When used inside <style>, the whole <style> block is stripped.
2.Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail: Whitespace syntax is not supported (rgb(0 128 0 / 1)).

Caveats recorded by caniemail.com (MIT) and carried verbatim, one entry per wording rather than per client.

Client-by-client behaviour for rgba

Fully supports rgba (11): Outlook 365, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail.

Partial support (7): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail. Expect rendering quirks unique to each engine. Partial support typically means a subset of values, an ignored shorthand, or sanitizer-specific rewrites.

No support (2): Outlook (New), Outlook Classic. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on rgba in production sends.

Behaviour unverified in: Superhuman.