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CSS Colors
Colors

CSS Colors

Colors are specified using predefined color names, or RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, HSLA values.

CSS Color Names

In CSS, a color can be specified by using a predefined color name:

  • Tomato
  • Orange
  • DodgerBlue
  • MediumSeaGreen
  • Gray
  • SlateBlue
  • Violet
  • LightGray

CSS Background Color

You can set the background color for HTML elements:

Example

<h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="background-color:Tomato;">
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</p>

CSS Text Color

You can set the color of text:

Example

<h1 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="color:DodgerBlue;">
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</p>
<p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">
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</p>

CSS Border Color

You can set the color of borders:

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>

CSS Color Values

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

Same as color name "Tomato":

  • rgb(255, 99, 71)
  • #ff6347
  • hsl(9, 100%, 64%)

Same as color name "Tomato", but 50% transparent:

  • rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5)
  • hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5)

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>
CSS SyntaxRGB