How big should be a CSS file be to load comfortably??

What should be the optimum size for your CSS file. Please suggest ?

 

I found this site which I sometimes use for testing web page loal times http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

It suggest a size of no more than 4080bytes. If you are worried about load times then keeping it samller will help.

 

Here are some examples you can compare.

4.73KB -- http://www.csszengarden.com/
4.88KB -- http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/195/195.css
5.97KB -- http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/194/194.css
4.31KB -- http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/193/193.css
4.92KB -- http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/192/192.css

And even these can be larger than you need. My CSS files generally come to 2KB.