HTML Colors
HTML colors are specified using predefined color names, or RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, HSLA values.
Color Names
In HTML, a color can be specified by using a color name:
HTML supports 140 standard color names.
Background Color
You can set the background color for HTML elements:
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Example
<h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="background-color:Tomato;">Lorem
ipsum...</p>
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Text Color
You can set the color of text:
Hello World
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Example
<h1 style="color:Tomato;">Hello
World</h1>
<p style="color:DodgerBlue;">Lorem
ipsum...</p>
<p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">Ut wisi
enim...</p>
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Border Color
You can set the color of borders:
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Example
<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>
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Color Values
In HTML, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL values, RGBA values, and HSLA values:
Same as color name "Tomato":
Same as color name "Tomato", but 50% transparent:
Example
<h1 style="background-color:rgb(255,
99, 71);">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:#ff6347;">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:hsl(9,
100%, 64%);">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:rgba(255,
99, 71, 0.5);">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:hsla(9,
100%, 64%, 0.5);">...</h1>
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