Cascade origin

Where a style comes from: browser, user or site.

What is a cascade origin?

A cascade origin is where a style comes from: the browser's defaults, the user's settings, or the site's CSS. Origin is weighed before specificity.

/* browser default: a { color: blue; }
   your stylesheet wins:  */
a { color: teal; }

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