The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.
Example
<p style="font-size:20px;color:red;">I am Red</p>
<p style="font-size:20px;color:blue;">I am Blue</p>
<p style="font-size:36px;margin:12px 0">I am Big</p>
The HTML Style Attribute
Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.
The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:
<tagname
style="property:value;">
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.
Note: You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.
Background Color
The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element.
Example
<body style="background-color:powderblue;">
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
Example
<body>
<h1 style="background-color:powderblue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p
style="background-color:tomato;">This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
Text Color
The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Fonts
The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Text Size
The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
<p
style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Text Alignment
The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p>
Chapter Summary
- Use the
styleattribute for styling HTML elements - Use
background-colorfor background color - Use
colorfor text colors - Use
font-familyfor text fonts - Use
font-sizefor text sizes - Use
text-alignfor text alignment
