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<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>CSS Test: An invalid custom property name "--" as a var() name argument triggers the fallback.</title>
<link rel="author" title="Cameron McCormack" href="mailto:cam@mcc.id.au">
<link rel="match" href="support/color-green-ref.html">
<style>
/* "--" is not a valid <custom-property-name>, so "--: red" is dropped and the var() name argument
substitutes to "--", which fails to parse as a name. The reference is guaranteed-invalid, so the
p {
color: red;
--: red;
color: var(--, green);
}
</style>
<p>This text must be green.</p>