= Mark Category Keys
:description: Reference list of the available inline mark phrase category keys and their value types.
:navtitle: Mark
:source-language: yaml

The keys in the `mark` category apply to an inline mark phrase.

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|===
|Key |Value Type |Example

|background-color
|xref:color.adoc[Color] +
(default: `'FFFF00'`)
|[source]
mark:
  background-color: #FCF8E3

|border-offset
|xref:language.adoc#values[Number] +
(default: `1`)
|[source]
mark:
  border-offset: 2

|font-color
|xref:color.adoc[Color] +
(default: _inherit_)
|[source]
mark:
  font-color: #333333

|font-style
|xref:text.adoc#font-style[Font style] +
(default: _inherit_)
|[source]
mark:
  font-style: bold
|===