How to get text value of selected option JavaScript

How to get text value of selected option JavaScript

<select id="colorSelect">
    <option value="1">Blue</option>
    <option value="2">White</option>
    <option value="3">Yellow</option>
    <option value="4">Green</option>
    <option value="5">Red</option>
</select>
Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

Using jQuery

$( "#colorSelect option:selected").text();
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Get text value of selected option JavaScript

var colorSelectEle = document.getElementById("colorSelect");
var text = colorSelectEle.options[colorSelectEle.selectedIndex].text;
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)