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>Live preview
Text Color
You can set the color of text:
Hello World
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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>Live preview
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>Live preview
Color Values
In HTML, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL values, RGBA values, and HSLA values.
The following three <div> elements have their background color set with RGB, HEX, and HSL values:
The following two <div> elements have their background color set with RGBA and HSLA values, which add an Alpha channel to the color (here we have 50% transparency):
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>Live preview
Learn more about Color Values
You will learn more about RGB , HEX and HSL in the next chapters.