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Meta tags

msapplication-TileColor

Legacy Internet Explorer metadata for the background color of a website tile pinned to the Windows 8 Start screen. Modern Chromium-based Edge does not use it.

Code examples

Good example
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#0078D7">
A valid hexadecimal tile color.
Good example
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#E81123">
Another valid hexadecimal color.
Avoid this example
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="0078D7">
Missing the # prefix required by this hexadecimal form.
Avoid this example
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="brand-blue">
Not a CSS color value.

Recommendations

  • 01
    Treat It as Legacy
    Keep this only when you still support Windows 8 pinned sites. Use manifest theme_color for current PWAs.
  • 02
    Check Icon Contrast
    Choose a color that keeps the legacy tile image readable.

Related documentation

Related meta tags

application-name

name

Gives browsers a short name for the web application represented by the page. A browser may use it instead of the page title in bookmarks or other interface labels.

<meta name="application-name" content="Zhead">
A short application name that stays useful when the page title changes.

charset

charset

Declares the character encoding used by the HTML document. In modern HTML, the value must be UTF-8.

<meta charset="utf-8">
The required character encoding for modern HTML.

color-scheme

name

Tells the browser which color schemes the page can render. The browser can use this early, before the stylesheet loads, to choose a suitable canvas and native controls.

<meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
Declares support for both common schemes, with light listed first as the fallback preference.

default-style

http-equiv

Selects the preferred CSS style sheet set by name when a page offers alternate titled stylesheets. Browser support is limited.

<meta http-equiv="default-style" content="Main Style">
Valid when a linked stylesheet set has the exact title Main Style.

format-detection

name

An Apple extension that can stop Safari on iOS from turning text that looks like a telephone number into a call link.

<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
The value documented by Apple for disabling automatic telephone links in Safari on iOS.