Css use color from inheriting color, into an other property

Question

I want to use the color my color property gets from inheriting color in my background-color property.

.myclass {
     color: "inherit";
     background-color: {{somehow get value of color from color property}};
}

Answer 1

You can use

.myclass {
     color: "inherit";
     background-color: currentColor;
}