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CSS has a lot of properties for styling and formatting text. text formatting This text is styled with some of the text formatting properties. The heading uses the text-align, text-transform, and color properties. The paragraph is indented, aligned, and the space between characters is specified. The underline is removed from this colored "Try it Yourself" link.
The color property is used to set the color of the text.
Formula
a color name - like "red"
a HEX value - like "#ff0000"
an RGB value - like "rgb(255,0,0)"CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values. The default text color for a page is defined in the body selector.
Example body {
color: blue;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
color: red;
}Formula
In this example, we define both the background - color property and the color property:Example body {
background-color: lightgrey;
color: blue;
}
h1 {
background-color: black;
color: white;
}
div {
background-color: blue;
color: white;
}High contrast is very important for people with vision problems. So, always ensure that the contrast between the text color and the background color (or background image) is good!