CSS Colors

CSS Background Color

You can set the background color for HTML elements:

Example 1

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1> <p style="background-color:Tomato;"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. </p> </body> </html>

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CSS Text Color

You can set the color of text:

Example 2

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h3 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h3> <p style="color:DodgerBlue;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.</p> <p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p> </body> </html>

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CSS Border Color

You can set the color of borders:

Example 3

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1 style="border: 2px solid Tomato;">Hello World</h1> <h1 style="border: 2px solid DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1> <h1 style="border: 2px solid Violet;">Hello World</h1> </body> </html>

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CSS Color Values

In CSS, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL values, RGBA values, and HSLA values:

Example 4

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p>Same as color name "Tomato":</p> <h1 style="background-color:rgb(255, 99, 71);">rgb(255, 99, 71)</h1> <h1 style="background-color:#ff6347;">#ff6347</h1> <h1 style="background-color:hsl(9, 100%, 64%);">hsl(9, 100%, 64%)</h1> <p>Same as color name "Tomato", but 50% transparent:</p> <h1 style="background-color:rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5);">rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5)</h1> <h1 style="background-color:hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5);">hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5)</h1> <p>In addition to the predefined color names, colors can be specified using RGB, HEX, HSL, or even transparent colors using RGBA or HSLA color values.</p> </body> </html>

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