Working with Style Precedence
When more than one style applies to the same element, the browser displays the attributes of each style in combination with the other styles—and those styles might conflict with each other. In case of such a conflict, the precedence of styles is determined by the cascading nature of CSS. Understanding how to manage and order your styles can help you to avoid unexpected results.
CSS is applied cumulatively; that is, each style builds upon other styles if they apply to the same element in an ordered sequence according to the following rules of origin, specificity, and order.
Origin
The origin, which is the source of a style, is evaluated first. The sequence of style origins is as follows, beginning with the lowest ...
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