Units
For some CSS properties, negative lengths are
allowed. There are two types of length units:
absolute and relative.
Absolute Lengths
cm centimeters
mm millimeters
in inches (1in = 96px = 2.54cm)
px* pixels (1px = 1/96th of 1in)
pt points (1pt = 1/72 of 1in)
pc picas (1pc = 12 pt)
Relative Lengths
em Relative to the font-size of the element (2em means 2 times the size of the current font)
ex Relative to the x-height of the current font (rarely used)
ch Relative to the width of the “0” (zero)
rem Relative to font-size of the root element
vw Relative to 1% of the width of the viewport*
vh Relative to 1% of the height of the viewport*
vmin Relative to 1% of viewport’s* smaller dimension
vmax Relative to 1% of viewport’s* larger dimension
% Relative to the parent element