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HTML Styles

The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body>
		<p>I am normal</p>
		<p style="color:green;">I am green</p>
		<p style="color:violet;">I am violet</p>
		<p style="font-size:60px;">I am big</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Output

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-name:value;">
note

The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.

You can learn more about css in the HTML CSS chapter and with the CSS Tutorial

Background Color​

The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element.

Example​

Set the background color for a page to powderblue:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body style="background-color:powderblue;">
		<h1>This is a heading</h1>
		<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Background color example 1

Example​

Set background color for two different elements:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body>
		<h1 style="background-color:powderblue;">This is a heading</h1>
		<p style="background-color:tomato;">This is a paragraph.</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Background color example 1

Text Color​

The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body>
		<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
		<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Text color example

Fonts​

The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body>
		<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
		<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Fonts example

Text Size​

The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body>
		<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
		<p style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Text size example

Text Alignment​

The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<body>
		<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
		<p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p>
	</body>
</html>

Output:

Text alignment example

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