How to change hover color for latest news in footer

I tried to change this from blue to white with the following code in custom.css but did not work. Please advice what i missed. thanks

.t4-footer .t4-module .latestnews a:hover {
color: #ffffff;
}

Hi Chi-K,
You can use the following CSS code:

.t4-footer .t4-module .latestnews a:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
}

that works... we are all done. Thanks!