Change CSS variable using jQuery [duplicate]

Answer 1

You may change the css variable using plain JavaScript elem.style.setProperty("variableName", "variableProp");

$("html").on('click', function() {
  
  $("body").get(0).style.setProperty("--color", "hotpink");
  
});

body {
  --color: blue;
  background-color: var(--color);
}

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