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title: "msapplication-TileColor · Meta Tag · zhead"
canonical_url: "https://zhead.dev/meta/msapplication-tilecolor"
last_updated: "2026-08-19T02:35:55.980Z"
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  description: "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."
  "og:description": "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."
  "og:title": "msapplication-TileColor · Meta Tag · zhead"
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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

- [Microsoft Learn: App Icon Construction](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/iconography/app-icon-construction)
- [web.dev: Web App Manifest](https://web.dev/learn/pwa/web-app-manifest/)

## Related meta tags

### [application-name](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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.