TextText-based

`text/css`

CSS

Reference for text/css, the MIME type for Cascading Style Sheets that control the visual presentation of web pages.

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Expected extensions: .css

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: text/css; charset=utf-8

Associated File Extensions

.css

Quick Facts

MIME Type	text/css
Category	Text
Type	Text-based (human-readable)
Extensions	.css

Common Usage

CSS defines the visual styling of HTML documents — layout, colors, fonts, animations, and responsive design. Browsers require the correct MIME type to apply stylesheets.

CSS files are served by web servers, bundled by build tools, and cached by CDNs.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.css" type="text/css">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="text/css" src="file.css"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('text/css');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/css' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    text/css  css;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type text/css;
}