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HTML Styles

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HTML Styles

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The HTML

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

Example

I am Red

I am Blue

I am Big

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. You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.

Background Color

The CSS

Formula

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

Example

Set the background color for a page to powderblue:

<body style="background-color:powderblue;">

Formula

< h1 > This is a heading </h1 >
< p > This is a paragraph.</p >

</body>

Example

Set background color for two different elements: <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

Formula

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

Formula

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

Formula

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 style attribute for styling HTML elements

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