How to change Contact Form 7 Placeholder Text Color

As WordPress themes/plugins creators we have found a lot of clients in our support forum having difficulties setting or changing contact form 7 placeholder text font color on these forms. Contact form 7 is one of the most used WordPress plugins nowadays for building simple or complex contact forms on your WordPress website.  I will share with you the custom code you should use to change text color:

::-webkit-input-placeholder { /* WebKit browsers */
    color: #000 !important;
    opacity: 1;
}
:-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 4 to 18 */
    color: #000 !important;
    opacity: 1;
}
::-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 19+ */
    color: #000 !important;
    opacity: 1;
}
:-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10+ */
    color: #000 !important;
    opacity: 1;
}

Extra tips:
The ‘!important’ tag is used in case another style is applied to these CSS selectors. This makes sure that the style will work.

If you want the style applied specifically only to contact form 7 fields then you can do this:

.wpcf7::-webkit-input-placeholder { /* WebKit browsers */
    color: #000 !important;
    opacity: 1;
}

In case you need it only for one specific contact form without affecting other contact forms 7 into your website, you should find the specific form id like this:

You can access this by right-clicking with the mouse and open Inspect Element. Shortcuts: F11 (Windows) or CMD + SHIFT + C (MAC)

Find the ID and replace ‘wpcf_id’ in this code:

#wpcf_id::placeholder {
    color: #000 !important;
    opacity: 1;
}

Feel free to comment or ask a question below!