HTML Colors

HTML colors are specified with predefined color names, or with RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, or 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:

Example

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

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>

Border Color

You can set the color of borders:

Hello World

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>

Color Values

In HTML, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL values, RGBA values, and HSLA values.

The following three

  <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>