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CSS Colors

In CSS, colors are specified by using a predefined color name, or with a RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, HSLA value.

CSS Color Names

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

Tomato Orange DodgerBlue MediumSeaGreen Gray SlateBlue Violet LightGray

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CSS/HTML support 140 standard color names.

CSS Background Color

You can set the background color for HTML elements:

Hello World 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.

Example

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

CSS Text Color

You can set the color of text:

Hello World

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.

Example

<h1 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h1><p style="color:DodgerBlue;">Lorem ipsum...</p><p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">Ut wisi enim...</p> Try it Yourself »

CSS Border Color

You can set the color of borders:

Hello World

Hello World

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> Try it Yourself »

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> Try it Yourself »

Learn more about Color Values

You will learn more about RGB, HEX and HSL in the next chapters.

Video: CSS Colors Introduction

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